Rachel Claire Ward, AMis an English-born Australian actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter... (wikipedia)
When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
I got pigeonholed a bit. When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted to be the kind of actress I became.
I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.
People in Hollywood, they're looking for pretty girls, and if you take it seriously enough and work hard enough, you get the Guernsey.
Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.
And there was always a bevy of up-and-coming photographers sitting in Orange Julius in the King's Road.
I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.
Oh, God! To have a billboard in Hollywood - you've made it.
You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.
There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.