I've never stopped learning, says Lesley Manville
Movie star Lesley Manville feels she still hasn't mastered the craft of acting.
Lesley Manville will never stop learning as an actress because she doesn't think she's mastered her craft.
The 68-year-old star may have been working on stage and screen for decades but she will never assume that she can't learn new things.
She told Harperās Bazaar magazine: āI will never become a person who thinks, āRight, well, Iām this age, Iāve been working this many decades, so youāre not going to teach me.ā
āThatās going to get you nowhere, and all youāre going to be is a pain in the a*** because you think you know everything ā and you donāt.ā
The āGrotesquerieā actress has had a string of high-profile projects in recent years and she feels proud to be āhaving a momentā at this point in her life.
Lesley said: āIām definitely having a moment. Itās a time in my career that is on a different level to what it has ever been.
āI always knew when I was a kid that everything in my life would take some time, and Iām glad, because if you get huge amounts of success in your 20s or 30s, it can be very difficult to sustain.ā
Lesley starred in 'Queer', the romantic drama, alongside the likes of Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in 2024. But many of her friends didn't recognise her in the movie.
She explained: āPeople have said to me after watching it, āBut Lesley, I thought you were meant to be in that...'
ā [The film is] the most off-the-wall thing I have ever been asked to do. What a treat to work with Luca [Guadagnino, the director], Daniel and Drew.ā