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" Even when I'm reading a script where I'm supposed to be looking at the lead role, I'll find myself gravitating toward some small weirdo in a few scenes instead. I'm very instinctive like that and I love the challenge of not having a lot of time to create someone who feels real. "
Myself
Time
Reading
" Everybody goes through challenges. There's stuff that happens personally that's challenging, stuff in work that's difficult, disappointments that happen. "
Challenges
Difficult
Happen
" For a while, I was only being sent fat-girl parts. Seriously? Sometimes I feel like I'm making some kind of radical statement because I'm a size 6. "
Size
Sometimes
Seriously
" I don't know, I love it when I see movies with people who are not super familiar to me or people who I've seen in smaller parts who are suddenly getting a chance to do something bigger. For me that's very exciting. "
Love
Chance
Me
" I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people. "
Think
People
Lot
" If a movie is received badly, and I'm in only one scene of it, I still feel responsible. I feel like it was my fault at all times. If people were like, 'This movie sucks!' I'd be like, 'Well, that's because I'm terrible.' "
Fault
Like
People
" I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable. "
Feel
Character
Like
" I feel like any actor should always be thinking about how to serve the story. The thing to be cautious of is trying to make too much of your 'moment,' or whatever. The story is a lot bigger than you, and you're there to help it along. "
Feel
Thinking
Story
" I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent. "
Feel
Myself
Like
" I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You know, a woman who feels like a human being. That means so much to me. "
Woman
Me
Know
" I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect. "
Go
Faces
Movies
" If I could be working every day, I would be. "
If I Could
Every Day
Working
" I guess I have a strong constitution. "
Constitution
Strong
Guess
" I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue. "
Desire
Really
Seen
" I know a lot of actors have all these expectations and believe that one thing should lead to another thing, and that's probably the right way to build a career. I don't know what's wrong with me - I just don't think like that! "
Know
Think
Expectations
" I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in. "
Know
Two
See
" I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes to be in that in-between state where there don't know what's going to happen. There's a lot of tension in that, and a lot of stuff to play with - where it's uncomfortable and awkward and sad and scary. "
Sad
Life
Place
" I'll audition for something and then the feedback has been, 'The director wants you, the creative people want you, but the studio is saying no.' It's depressing, but I understand. People are investing a lot of money and they want somewhat of a guarantee; they want someone who's been on the cover of magazines. "
Creative
Money
You
" I love festivals because I feel like I'm more of a movie fan than a person who's in the film industry. "
Love
Film
Festivals
" I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay, let me see what I can do.' "
Me
Okay
I Can
" I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested. "
Review
Single
Film
" I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.' "
Everybody
Really
Love
" I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it. "
Right
Always
Best
" I think that for me as a person, it's very easy for me to hear, 'It's too difficult.' Or, 'You're not easy to cast.' And, 'You're not beautiful,' and this and that. "
Easy
Beautiful
Me
" I used to write stories and poetry, but for some reason I have it in my head that if I'm going to write, I have to write a script. "
Stories
Going
Poetry
" I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all. "
Life
Been
Anything
" I've done a gazillion readings that have gone on to be movies that are made without me. "
Made
Me
Without
" I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem. "
Self-Esteem
Who
Kid
" I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place. I wanna be acting.' "
Like
Drama
Acting
" I was a very independent teenager. "
Very
Teenager
Independent
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