Quotes by Jennifer Ehle

“I remember when we were about to make our version of Pride and Prejudice, there were so many letters to The Times and other newspapers saying how dare the BBC spend money on remaking this when the definitive film version already exists with Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson. So you never know. Nobody owns Pride and Prejudice. Its out there in the public domain, and its good that people are taking a fresh look at it.”

“Half of this award should go to my wigs [1996 BAFTA Awards talking about her wigs]”

Theres never been a game plan, and I suppose Ive had an uneasy relationship with my ambition. Someone who had been in my year at drama school once said to me that I was terrifyingly ambitious back then. Which was not at all what I felt at the time - I felt paralysed with shyness, though that evaporated.