 Interviews
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This section just reproduces some of the quotes that Glynis Barber has said
in different interviews.
About her arrival in London:
'I was rather helpless & pathetic when I first arrived in London at the age
of 18, but I've been fending for myself ever since'.
Hello! Magazine. 25/03/1989
'I was so excited about coming to London. When I first arrived
from South Africa, it took me awhile to get used to the weather, but I fell in
love with London and since then it has been home. I've just spent five years in
LA and missed London the entire time. I just couldn't wait for the day when we
could come back'.
The Express -Saturday Magazine-,
26/07/1997
About her marriage with Michael Brandon:
'I think from the moment we decided to get married things just
started to get much better. It wasn't the fact of getting married, it was the
commitment and once we made that decision, suddenly everything just felt a lot
easier and we discussed things more'.
Hello! Magazine. 09/06/1990.
About getting involved in good causes:
'Yes, I suppose we do. I've done some work for Help The Aged. When you're in the
limelight, people ask you to make appearances and we try and do what we can'.
Hello! Magazine. 09/06/1990.
About her background:
'What the press have always done with me is to interwine my background with that
of Harriet Makepeace. I've never really spoken about my background. People always
asume that I come from this very hoity toity aristocratic family and I honestly don't'.
Hello! Magazine. 09/06/1990.
About getting pregnant:
'My initial reaction was shock, because although we wanted children, I didn't
expect it quite so soon. But by the end of the day, I felt ecsthatic. I walked
around in seventh heaven for a week -until the symptoms started'.
Hello! Magazine. 27/06/1992.
About being parents:
'Most children have some bitterness or sadness connected to their childhood and
their parents, so I think being a parent is a very difficult thing'.
'I hope that my child will always feel that i'm a friend and someone that they can
come to, rather than someone they'll have to hide troubles from, because they don't
know how I'll react, which was what my childhood was like'.
Hello! Magazine. 27/06/1992.
'I would hope that we're the kind of parents who'd produce a happy & secure child.
If that's so, then I will think we will have done a good job'.
Hello! Magazine. January, 1993.
About being stalked:
'Over the years, there were quite a few incidents. I had to call the police a number of times.
It's amazing how obsessed people become and how they lose that line of reality and think you're
a particular role'.
Sunday Mirror Magazine. 04/10/1998.
About the Apartheid Laws & censorship in South Africa:
'It was frightening. I have witnessed horrendous things'.
'I was quite paranoic when I arrived in London. I was convinced that the South African
Secret Police were following me because you were not allowed to do those things (read any book,
voice any opinion). If you did, you thought, you would be arrested'.
Sunday Mirror Magazine. 04/10/1998.
About Motherhood:
'The night I had Alexander was the best night of my life. Fantastic. I was never the kind of woman
who had to have a child. I wasn't the broody type. I have changed so much'.
Sunday Mirror Magazine. 04/10/1998.
About her first meeting with Michael Brandon:
'When we met, I didn't think we would end up married. There was a connection between us, but
it wasn't all love. I found him tricky to begin with, but there was a strong attraction'.
'I didn't know Michael as a person and he was very much trying to be Dempsey, but I didn't know
who he was'.
'That line became a little blurred. But the Michael I know now is so different'.
Sunday Mirror Magazine. 04/10/1998.
About filming new episodes of "Dempsey & Makepeace":
'We would have to find a new or innovative way to do it, because to recreate exactly something we
did that long ago, would be a big mistake'.
OK! Magazine. 29/12/1999.
'I think a lot of people would like us to do it, now that the Series is out on DVD. I never felt the time was right,
but now, 20 years on, it might be interesting to do a one-off. Who knows?'.
Saturday Express Magazine - July 2007
About fame:
'At first, I did find the instant fame hard to adjust to. There
was a point when I couldn't walk anywhere without being followed or asked for my
autograph. It was great fun in my 20s, but I'm glad I've got that young, blonde
image out of the way now. I don't have to play the same roles now that I'm older
and a mother'
Daily Mail -Weekend Magazine-,
13/10/2001
About playing a different character:
'I hate playing a character anything like myself. I'm one of those
people who wakes up really neat. I don't even have to brush my hair. So I've had
to work at being untidy. My character (Fiona Brake in "Night & Day")
has jam, chocolate, all kinds of things, down the front of her pyjamas. She's
not in the least self-obsessed and she's funny'.
Daily Mail -Weekend Magazine-,
13/10/2001
About The Graduate:
'I am enjoying the play tremendously. It's fantastically written,
it's an absolute gem.'
' I always love things set in the 1960s - a
completely atmospheric era. And it's such a well-written play. It's really funny,
a hugely entertaining piece of theatre which happens to be beautifully written.
When you watch it, the humour is quite now. I don't think it's really dated.
It's more of a classic.'
The Western Mail- 23/09/2003
About Mrs. Robinson:
'I don't feel that the play is passing judgement on Mrs Robinson,
and is not even ageist - but the media is. Who are we to pass judgement for
whatever reason because they want to be together. Everybody has a right to be
with the partner they choose as long as both are over the age of consent and
willing - even if one or other of them is after the other's fortune...'
"Mrs Robinson is clever but she has used
her mind in a negative way. She feels left out, and out of the relationship
between her daughter and her husband, and is jealous of that. But at the end, I
do think there is hope for the mother-daughter relationship."
The Western Mail- 23/09/2003
About nudity in The Graduate:
'No actress has been forced to take her clothes off. I'm not a
prude - I don't say "never" to the prospect of nudity, because I would
never say never .....'
Hello! Magazine- 14/10/2003
About her role as DCI Grace Barraclough in "Emmerdale":
'I haven't been cast as a detective since Makepeace so it's great to come back as one 20 years later'.
'The producers told me they were looking for a strong, Jane Tennyson-like detective and that appealed to me. I'm so glad
I agreed because Grace is a fantastic character'.
Saturday Express Magazine - July 2007
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Last updated: August 30, 2007.