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" Any kid in the world can draw from strengths within - we all have the potential with that. "
Lily James
Within
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Strengths
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" I really have been lucky because I've always had a very healthy attitude to my body. "
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" For girls growing up, sometimes I think they get the wrong idea for what women should look like. "
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" I think our sense as actors of what we've just done - whether or not it be in an audition - is usually really not connected to any truth. I'm always asking for more takes and more goes. I think I just need to shut up and listen. "
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" I love singing so much. As a kid, that was what I wanted to do. "
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" Corsets are always hard to wear. "
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" For exams, I swotted so hard because I couldn't bear the thought of not coming first. "
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" I have an amazing stylist; she's called Rebecca Corbin Murray... I go around to her living room, and it's sort of exploding with dresses, and we go through them all, and she's so good at picking things she knows I'll like, and we work together. She's taught me absolutely everything; she's brilliant. "
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" I live in dungarees, and I love denim - I wear denim shirts a lot. "
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" I played Nina in 'The Seagull,' and I remember thinking it's incredible to see all the actresses in the past that've played her. It's quite strengthening. You feel a part of the family of actresses going through and giving something of themselves to the role. "
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" I think it's so important to be healthy and confident and natural. And not put too much stress on trying to be thin - I don't get the thin, thin thing at all. "
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" I Googled myself, and I saw some nice things and some not-so-nice things. I've learned that that stuff isn't real, and it doesn't exist unless you look at it. "
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" There are other things I want to focus on rather than staying in shape. "
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" At drama school, we were taught to write down your dreams and carry them around in your wallet with you, and they'll come true, but I didn't do that. "
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" I loved learning to fight and kill zombies. "
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" You have to pretend to be cool, which I never am. "
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" I love to start the morning with a mist spray, especially after a night out. "
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" It's weird, the idea of someone else playing my dad, but weirdly nice. "
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" It's so hard coming out of drama school to claim your right to be taken seriously and even get auditions. "
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" It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!' "
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" I think Keira Knightley is amazing, and I've heard also that she is one of the coolest, most down-to-earth, brilliant girls, and I really look up to her in that respect. She's got it all, really, and I think she's made interesting, bold choices in her work. "
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