Words matter. These are the best Lara Pulver Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I’m a walker, whether that’s a stroll on the beach at sunset or getting up at eight o’clock on a Sunday morning and doing an eight-hour hike through a canyon. It’s Zen time for me.
I think I was raised by a very humble mother, who, if anything, is probably over skeptical. She has that sense of everything being a bonus: like, you have your lot, and anything else is on top. She’s quietly proud, and quietly humble.
I’m so bored of reading scripts with these wonderfully complex male roles, yet the woman character just sits on the bed waiting for him to come home.
Having a family is really important. And there would be something missing in my life as a woman if I didn’t at least attempt to fulfil that side of me. Just for a certain period of your life, to have your sole purpose to be nurturing, feeding and protecting someone else: it’s animalistic, isn’t it? It’s beautiful.
When David Goyer comes to the small screen, what he’s actually doing is making the small screen bigger.
There’s something rich and nourishing in the mundane – that isn’t sparkly or red carpet.
I like playing off strong actors, whether it’s Benedict Cumberbatch or Dominic Cooper. Also I’m a hopeless romantic, so I’m fascinated by relationships.
I’ve always been active: netball, hockey, rounders, athletics.
Fun and pleasure are just as delicious as achieving a goal.
From a very young age, music was very much in my house. I would sit with my mom, with the old LPs, listening to The Beatles and Carly Simon and Lionel Richie. The old LPs used to have the lyrics. From there, I would put on dance and music displays for my family, just to entertain them and make people laugh and smile.
I’d love to have my own TV show, in the way that Julianna Margulies has ‘The Good Wife,’ or a lovely ensemble show, like ‘Six Feet Under.’
Competitiveness only comes with insecurity.
I remember being an usherette at my local theater very, very early on, selling ice cream and programs – because they’re not free in the U.K. – during pantomime season, which was super interesting. It meant a lot of kids, a lot of sweets, a lot of sugar-induced kids.
I’ve always prided myself on working so hard and then achieving goals without realizing the pleasure is often in the journey. And actually, the journey can be just as fun, if not more so, than the outcome.
Initially after ‘Sherlock,’ I got offered a lot of swinger movies. There is that thing of keeping your mystique and not taking your clothes off in every job.
I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.
I don’t think it serves anyone to bottle emotions.
Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it’s wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.
There’s talk of the lack of roles for older women. It’s so tough and it’s soul-destroying what some female actors do to their faces to try and keep producers happy.
