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I do things on a whim.
I'd love to direct again.
I'm not very good at lying.
We'll always have art, darling.
It's how you prioritize in life.
I'm crap at lying. I go bright red.
I admire the brazen qualities in people.
I'm drawn to damaged, complicated characters.
I don't really plan. I just see what happens.
Every actor turns everything round to their character.
I've always been quite shy. Very confident but very shy.
There are lots of moments that are great for an actress.
I haven't got one or two people that I aspired to be like.
Cleaning isn't all that interesting to me. I'm disorganized.
It's the preparation that's my favourite part of the process.
I feel safe that theater will always serve women in different ages.
I'm from the theater, darling. I want to know what happens at the end.
I'm crap at pretending to be something I'm not when I'm in my real life.
I tend to make bolder and more interesting choices after I've done theatre.
What you aim for, as an actor, is to be able to play a range of different roles.
I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic.
My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.
I didn't know anyone in my family who acted; no one in my immediate family did any acting.
I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself.
I've always quite liked the idea of being an archeologist, sort of scrubbing around in the dirt.
I'm a tragedienne in some way. I think quite epically. I like epic landscapes and grand emotions.
What really excites me is the unknown, and getting to grips with something you have no idea about.
I feel like male patriarchy generally has been about repressing female sexuality because it's "scary."
Judgment comes from you comparing yourself to other people, and expectations of what you think life should be.
To not want children or not be considerate of them is a very unwomanly thing to be, from a certain point of view.
I was kind of overwhelmed by the idea that we are just balls of energy and that we have imposed terms on feelings.
There are a lot more roles for men than there are for women. So men get their fee up by sheer quantity of material.
People don't know what goes on in my private life, so they have to make conjecture from something that is photographed.
I remember being about 14 when I started wearing shorts and heels. I hated the attention I got. I found it overwhelming.
I think the environment is possibly our most worrying thing at the moment, so I think mountaintops are the place to live.
I come from the south, so you're useless and you're a bit pathetic. That's the first thing that the northerners think of you.
I studied history at university, so I'm always quite fascinated by the Second World War and France. That's one of my interests.
I've always been very vocal, but there have been moments where I've found it difficult to negotiate things that are about gender.
With film acting, and often when the camera comes very close, you just have to think about something and the camera will pick it up.
I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most.
People know my characters like Alice Morgan in 'Luther' or Alison Bailey from 'The Affair.' For me, that's a compliment, a kind of joy.
My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.
Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.
The difficult thing for me is going to a event and having to be dressed up and being judged for what you wear. People care so much about that these days.
It was really fun to play the woman in charge and in control. She's powerful and she uses the aspects of being a woman. She uses her sexuality as a weapon.
I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself. I don't know if I could do that. But I'd love to direct again.
A cat is incredibly physical, and as a performer, I'm physical. If I feel emotions, they move through my body in a way that is sensual. I'm not necessarily in control of that.
There's a sense most notably with my movies that for people to turn up, and make them big, you have to have a celebrity status. But it's not a choice I've made. It comes to you.
I feel like everyone's starting to isolate, and that proves itself in a big context like Brexit, and Donald Trump potentially, and putting walls up and stopping people coming in.
I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles.