Dame Harriet Walter - ‘I wish I’d had all this attention when I was 40’

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Olivier and Emmy-award-winning Dame Harriet Walter must have acting in her blood: her uncle is the legendary horror star Christopher Lee, she turned down a place at Oxford in favour of drama school, and began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company. On screen you’ll know her from Killing Eve, Ted Lasso, The Crown or as Lady Caroline in Succession - plus films including Sense and Sensibility, Atonement and The Last Duel. On stage she’s embodied everyone from Prospero to Elizabeth I. Her failures include failing to master the piano or music theory, failing to get roles that she auditioned for, and finally failing to cook. I absolutely loved talking to this unbelievably smart and astute woman. Enjoy! She Speaks by Harriet Walter is out now. Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Coordinator: Eric Ryan Studio and Mix Engineer: Gulliver Lawrence-Tickell Senior Producer: Selina Ream Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:43.2	Before we get to my wonderful guest, just a reminder about my subscriber podcast, Failing with Friends,
1:48.9	where my guest and I answer your questions and offer advice on some of your failures too.
1:54.8	Here's a bit of Dame Harriet to peak your interest.
1:58.3	Probably the best way to conduct yourself at the party is to ask other people
2:02.6	about themselves and then they sort of don't notice you because they're too busy talking about
2:06.9	themselves. That's one way of doing it. Or they'll find you incredibly charming. Yeah, they'll love
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