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" A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors. "
Victim
Actor
Editors
" All the ancient classic fairy tales have always been scary and dark. "
Scary
Classic
Always
" A lot of times in this business, it's so transitory - it's just 10 weeks here or there on a movie and then it's over - but to see the same people over all that time, a decade, makes you feel really safe and secure. "
See
People
Business
" As everyone, you do end up becoming your mother, but also as you're acting, I find out you become every member of your family, bits come out without you really wanting them to come out. "
Acting
Family
Find
" Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know? "
You
Sleep
Know
" But it's often been the case, I've done so many countless small, independent films that really 3.2 people have seen, so you never know. You do it for the joy of the part and not necessarily expect anyone to see the final product. "
People
Know
You
" Everybody has an inferiority complex when they step into a room. But then when you have children and you get older, it doesn't really matter. When I was young I had so many inferiority complexes. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't go to university. I had an inferiority complex because I didn't train. "
Step
You
Young
" Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh. "
Quality
Scary
You
" Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room. "
Famous
Glasses
Me
" For me, acting is about getting away from myself. So to look at myself is the last thing I want. "
Last
Want
Myself
" I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles. "
Me
Strong
Find
" I don't think any actor wants their children to follow them into the profession. "
Follow
Think
Children
" I don't think I dress eccentrically. I'm just not conservative, I guess - I dress according to what like. And I'm not a mannequin, as you can tell. "
You
Think
Tell
" I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened. "
Us
Problem
Older
" I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed! "
Been
Caffeine
Voice
" I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of effort to be nice to those people, and I am very grateful for the kind words that people have taken the trouble to express to me in person. "
Grateful
Work
Words
" If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping. "
Shopping
You
Queen
" I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone. "
Hate
Me
Image
" I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image. "
Shy
Struggle
Think
" I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. "
Fancy
Because
Things
" I just went and got an agent because I thought I can create my own world - you can't right your own life, but you can escape to a world where you can have control. "
Own
Control
Life
" I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality. "
My Own
Myself
Reality
" I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish. "
Like
Jewish
Foreign
" I love changing what I look like because I always feel super strange whenever I do watch something that I'm in. "
Strange
Look
Feel
" I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors. "
Got
Think
People
" I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe. "
Love
Magic
Dress-Up
" I'm a late developer. I only moved out of home when I was 30. "
Late
Out
Only
" I'm always attracted to lower budget, not because it's lower budget, but because they tend to be better scripts. "
Budget
Always
Because
" I'm a very good sleeper. "
Very
Sleeper
Good
" I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock. "
Unlock
More
Drawn
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