Young women are still looking for a prince on a white charger to come over the hill or for Mr. Rochester to appear. We all pretend we’re right-on feminists, but underneath that, there’s still the bedrock of romance. – Gemma Jones
As you get older, your idiosyncrasies become sort of exaggerated. So you are who you have always been, only more so. – Gemma Jones
I don’t colour my hair, and I look like the back end of a bus, so I get asked to play old people. – Gemma Jones
Even if your parents don’t have Alzheimer’s or aren’t in a wheelchair, your parents get old – if you’re lucky to have parents who live for a long time. It’s a challenge, and it’s difficult and lovely and touching and awful and ghastly and real. – Gemma Jones
Rather nostalgically, I sometimes think I could still play Juliet. Inside, I’m still an incorrigible romantic. – Gemma Jones
I do enjoy filming, but I do consider myself still to be a bit of a novice, and I learn a bit every time I do a film job, and I am very admiring of film actors. – Gemma Jones
I think it is very natural to want to be partnered, but you never know. you read about mature love affairs in the press, and it gives you hope. You think: ‘Well, it’s not impossible.’ – Gemma Jones
