Jane Horrocks Quotes

"When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a rather large bust. I think of her physically and I am just able to create her sound, because her physicality was so much to do with her sound."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: Sound)

"Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that usually people are thinking of somebody else, but I just think of very specific people."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: People, American, Thinking)

"My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: Singing, Voice)

"Mimicking people was something I did already."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: People)

"I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: People, Want)

"I just find it thrilling, especially when I totally lock in to the person that I am doing and I'm really flying... I suppose I am hiding myself when I sing as these other people."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: People, Flying)

"I found that I could make people laugh doing people like Shirley Bassey. Fortunately it worked."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: People)

"I find singing as somebody else very liberating, it just frees me up."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: Singing)

"I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: Expectations, Want)

"I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: Music)

"My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic."
- Jane Horrocks
(Related: Dad, Mom, Idea, Acting, Baby, Memory, Play)