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Ocupation: Actress

Life: b. July 12, 1966

Birthday: July 12

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On my mother's side I'm Polish-Jewish, and on my father's side I'm Scottish puffin.

source: - Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Topics: Mother, Father, Sides, Puffins

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It suddenly hit me one day: after we're married I'll be called Mrs T Leaf!

source: - Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 1997.

Topics: One Day, Married, Leafs

When I came to faith, I thought I would have to stop being an actor, because it's all about artifice and manipulation. But we're living in a world where God doesn't really have an influence, unless it's fundamentalists, so I'll always be an outsider because of my faith. And when you think about it, faith and acting are all about stories, so the two are not mutually exclusive.

source: - "The eyebrows have it". Sunday Times, www.thetimes.co.uk. March 19, 2006.

Topics: Thinking, Two, Acting, Exclusive

Oh, nobody would ever want to know me in Hollywood. I'm far too puffin-faced for that, too weird-looking. No, I think I'll probably stick to telly, if telly'll have me, though I wouldn't mind doing radio plays as well.

source: - "Tamsin Greig: Green goddess". www.independent.co.uk. May 5, 2006.

Topics: Thinking, Play, Mind, Puffins, Radio Plays

Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it was lowly Birmingham University. But even when I came out with my degree, my mother promptly insisted I go straight to secretarial college to have something to fall back on, just in case - which didn't exactly fill me with confidence.

source: - "Tamsin Greig: Green Goddess". The Independent Interview, www.independent.co.uk. May 05, 2006.

Topics: Mother, Country, Drama

It's interesting to see the dislocation between how people perceive a person visually. Apparently on the radio I'm blonde with a big arse.

source: - "Seriously Funny". Interview with Jasper Rees, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 29, 2006.

Topics: Interesting, People, Arses, Dislocation

There aren't many laughs in that and I remember doing a look and everybody laughed and I just thought, wow, that's incredible how you can do that. So I did another look and they laughed again and then I remember thinking, hold on, this isn't right for this piece, you've got to stop it.

source: - "Seriously funny" by Jasper Rees, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 29, 2006.

Topics: Thinking, Laughing, Pieces

I did used to like trampolining, but I’m probably past it, I think. You need to have a really strong pelvic floor to be good at trampolining, and I’ve had three children.

source: - "Tamsin Greig: Green Goddess". The Independent Interview, www.independent.co.uk. May 05, 2006.

Topics: Strong, Children, Past

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