Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Margaret M. Greigis an English actress. She played Fran Katzenjammer in Black Books and Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing. She currently stars in two sitcoms: as Beverly Lincoln in the transatlantic sitcom Episodes, and as Jackie in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy drama Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth12 July 1966
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Laughing and crying are very similar. They're an extreme response to life. You see it in children who start laughing hysterically.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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In theatre, there's no time for a proper meal.
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If a job fell from Heaven that was in America, I'd have a go, but I don't feel compelled to go and hunt it down.
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I've long thought that for my last meal on earth I will be perfectly happy with a granary loaf toastie with melted crunchy peanut butter and banana.
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I've been acting since I could function. I got into acting to get attention as a child.
I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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I work in Britain, where women are allowed to look their age.
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I try not to look any further ahead than the next cup of tea. You never know if that cuppa will come or not, do you?
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I think that if you take somebody out of their comfort zone, they're going to dislike people because they're not liking themselves in a situation.
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I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.