"We have to take risks with art. If we don’t, it all becomes a bit boring." ― Julie Walters Topic(s): Art More From Julie Walters "Sixty felt like a big landmark. Not in a dreadful sense, but none of the other birthdays have bothered me. It’s got labels on it – OAP, retirement – and I just wanted to take stock. I wanted to be in my greenhouse at home and at least give myself the opportunity of not working again." "It wasn’t being an alcoholic – it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything." "I remember Michael saying, ‘Rich and famous? It’s much better to be just rich’. I didn’t quite get it to begin with. But he’s right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you’ve no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is." More In Art "The considerations of a corporation, especially now, have nothing to do with art or music."― Joni Mitchell "Politics and football don’t mix."― Ruud Gullit "Art never improves, but… the material of art is never quite the same."― T. S. Eliot