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" I can scare myself like a pro. "
Myself
Pro
Scare
" I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken. "
Admit
Christopher
Being
" I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running. "
Relationship
Simple
Think
" I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened. "
Stand
Know
People
" I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest. You know, I'm figuring it out. I did just move to New York, so I have to pay my rent. "
Film
New
New York
" I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors. "
Closest
Friends
Directors
" If a role has been too one-dimensional, I have turned it down. "
Too
Turned
Been
" If I'm really honest, I'm not a huge fan of scary films. "
Scary
Honest
Huge Fan
" I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York, it's different - even uptown it's really grand, and there's no real segregation there. It's all mixed up. "
Architecture
New
Find
" I generally try and have great days, because I feel very lucky to be doing what I'm doing. "
Lucky
Great
Feel
" I love America a lot. I really do. "
Love
Lot
Really
" I love art, but not in a cliched, luvvie way. "
Art
Love
Cliched
" I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally. "
Real
Equally
I Love
" I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom. "
Big
Cash
Girl
" I'm lucky in that I have close friends and family and my agent to advise me. "
Me
Friends
Friends And Family
" I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places. "
Character
Love
Opportunity
" I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but it's to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it. "
Think
Character
Dangerous
" I really love the '90s. I love the music from then for sure, and to go back to New York then would be a really wonderful thing. "
New
Music
Love
" I still try to be a feminist in some tiny way. "
Tiny
Still
Feminist
" It is a difficult one, as you get scripts where women are just objects. "
Difficult
Get
You
" It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too. "
Funny
Acting
You
" I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school. And it was run by a group of guys who'd been to drama school themselves in London. So they introduced us to techniques that they'd learn about, and they kind of informed us about improvisation and screenwriting and all of that stuff. "
School
Drama
Group
" I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens. "
Me
Aware
Birthday
" My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin. "
Time
Back
Early
" San Francisco, coolest place ever. "
Francisco
Ever
San Francisco
" Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation. "
Situation
Seriously
Think
" The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're English, too.' "
American
You
Start
" There is more for women in terms of character roles now. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have constantly changed over the years and challenged themselves with different roles. That's impressive. "
Now
Women
Years
" There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations. "
Nobody
Now
You
" Unfortunately, Poots is the name that I've been graced with for my life, but it's not short for anything - apart from Imogen Poots. "
My Life
Life
Anything
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