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I am such a gypsy.
I like feeling out of my depth.
Some songs just resonate with you.
I can't help who I fall in love with.
I really value my anonymity and privacy.
I think I'd make a good James Bond... I'm joking.
I'm quite glad about having a few craggy edges to myself.
With regards to pressure, you can't be too conscious of it.
I like to be out of my depth - that's when I learn the most.
When I was younger, about 15, I suffered badly from depression.
I've been incredibly fortunate to have so many people believe in me.
Language is so important to the Irish, almost regardless of education.
We all have dark shadows in our self that come out every now and then.
We limit ourselves. We're told to act and behave in certain way from birth.
We all have the ability to be dangerous and do things which are morally wrong.
I don't like to get too complacent. I like to give myself five panic attacks per project.
I love the flaws and foibles of people - I'm much more interested in that than perfections.
The people who are inspiring and strong for me are the ones who acknowledge vulnerabilities.
I started doing musicals, but the acting bug bit when I did a four-week Shakespeare workshop.
I love London, but I miss air; I miss space. My dream is to find a mountain where I can live.
I moved away when I was 17. It's been a mad journey, but I've met and made some incredible friends.
Strength, to me, is about exposing vulnerabilities and foibles and facts and people that are honest.
It is a little weird seeing photographs from parties where you didn't even know a photographer was there.
Filming a story set in a war zone in the '60s was such a treat, as it gave me so much scope to dive into.
I get huge solace from chaos, especially if someone else is doing it, too, like, 'Thank God it's not just me!'
Sure, nobody ever recognises me. I'm always scurrying around London under a hat and looking like a homeless person.
It's ridiculous that Claire Foy got paid less than Matt Smith on 'The Crown.' That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
If anything, there is something quite musical in Shakespeare's heightened use of language and the way he shapes his speech.
Because I've got younger sisters, I want to impart on them the possibility of being a strong woman in whatever role I choose.
When you get the opportunity to work with somebody like Jude Law, there is a fear. They've got lots of stuff under their belt.
Ideally, when you play a character, she goes away with half of you, and you go away with half of her. And you learn something.
Christmas in the Buckley household is hilarious - at the family dinner, we all have to do a song, no matter if you can sing in tune.
I like feeling like I could probably fail, because it makes me find a part of myself that I didn't really know: an inner fighter in me.
I think Wilkie Collins was a man ahead of his time, asking really important questions but also telling a really good and thrilling story.
You can play women who have a face on or who zip something up, but you have to dig deeper to actually find the humanity and real aspects.
Whatever has happened in your past, it's - you can never deny it. I mean, you can never wash what's happened before in your life out of you.
Tom Hardy is such a good egg. He's a total teddy bear. He loves his dogs and his kids. He's a true artist. But he's a lovely, naughty, funny man.
I want film stories to provoke a question in people about what's going on emotionally around them and empower them in some way or ask them about themselves.
When you're surrounded by brilliant actors, and teachers who challenge you to go beyond what you thought you were capable of, that's got to be good for you.
Dad would always play Ray Charles in the car on the way to swimming, then we'd sing musicals. Now my heroes are Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt and Max Richter.
I am incredibly lucky. I worked hard for my luck as well. I have made choices to do things because I wanted them to do them, not because they were the right thing to do.
We have beastly qualities within us. If we're put into certain circumstances, and the walls around us come in tighter and tighter, we all could maybe do dangerous things.
I just know that making 'Beast' was an amazing experience. It was my first feature, it was the director's first feature, and every day, you're just trying to do good work and learn.
The things people are ashamed of come through in whatever their outerwear is. I suppose I am always looking for that, even if it's somebody who, on the outside, seems to be perfect.
We've all, you know, done things that we think at the time were bad, but actually, in hindsight, you look back and go, 'I'm really grateful that happened because I'm a stronger person.'
Inherently in us as Irish people, wherever you are in the world, when you hear an Irish accent, it's like a moth to a flame. There's a real personable pride and camaraderie about being Irish.
I'd had to grow up pretty quickly, and going back to drama school gave me a chance to be with people my own age and do normal things, like going to a pub on a Friday night and just hanging out.
I remember hearing that when Judi Dench was starting out at the Old Vic, she used to stand by the side of the stage watching the actors around her, and I can see why: That is where you really learn!
It's easy to sort of put a sheen across humanity if you're making a film for people who want to escape their own problems. But sometimes a movie can, in the most cathartic ways, expose those problems.
There have been moments in my life when I've become numb to certain aspects of myself that I found frightening. Or I've conformed to certain morals of society and then maybe rebelled or found a way out.