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" Being asked to memorise a script in one day when you have dyslexia is the same as having a broken foot and being asked to dance. You have to make exceptions for it. "

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" My hair was always frizzy. I always wanted to be blonde with lovely straight hair. I was very skinny. I was quite tomboyish, just very quiet. I always wanted to fit in; I just couldn't. "

Kaya Scodelario

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" I had no confidence as a child; I still really don't. Acting is the only thing I've ever felt comfortable doing. "

" I was incredibly nervous about doing a period drama. I thought that to play period, you had to be English-looking and blonde and very well spoken, and have gone to drama school. "

" 'Skins' meant so much to so many people. It was so much part of its time, and I was so young. "

" 'Skins' was such a great platform for young actors. They had this whole thing about getting people who weren't trained, this new generation, this new culture. "

" People don't realise how dyslexia affects your confidence and how brutal it can be. People think you're dumb, and you know you're not. it's just how your brain works. "

" What attracted me to 'The Maze Runner' is its pure action. "

" I was bullied; I was kind of a girl in the corner. So acting was a great outlet for me by pretending to be someone else. "

" I've wanted to produce for a long time. I'd love to get a bunch of my girlfriends together - a female writer, a female director - and create something. Creatively, it's a different dimension. Why wouldn't people want that? "

" My mum has told me that I have to work with Antonio Banderas just so that she can meet him and try and marry him. "

" I'm lucky: I've got one of those fast metabolisms where I can eat whatever I want, and I don't put on weight. But I know that's only when you're young. It'll probably hit me when I'm 30. "

" Who doesn't want to shoot for 'Vogue?' I remember updating my Facebook status to say 'Doing 'Vogue' today', it was so exciting. I thought it would be really intimidating, and I don't like photoshoots, but that was the most relaxed one I've done. "

" Kids will pick up on weakness, and I was very shy growing up. I was skinny and flat-chested; I didn't have the latest clothes. For me, it was about being left out and not having any friends and being laughed at. I was very lonely, but that happens to so many people. "

Kaya Scodelario

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" I was painfully shy as a child; I was dyslexic. I had a single mother who's an immigrant. I just didn't believe acting was something that people like me could do on a professional level. "

" She had to play the role of mother and father at the same time, and she did it to perfection. I managed to find a way through because of her. My mother is my biggest inspiration. "

" I think of women as an all-being creature. "

" I would love to make a Brazilian film, but it would have to be something very close to my heart. It's such a personal thing, so I'd want to do my family proud. I'd want to do justice to Brazilian cinema. I think Brazilian cinema is brilliant. I would really love to do something, but I'm just waiting for the right thing. "

" I don't know any women who are one-dimensional, so why would I play one? "

" I'd like to think that even if I wasn't acting professionally, I would still be doing it for free. It helps me get through the day. "

Kaya Scodelario

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" I've just made a cancer drama, called 'Now Is Good,' directed by Ol Parker and starring Dakota Fanning. We filmed in Brighton and it's about a girl dying of leukemia, although it's not as depressing as it sounds. "

" I'm the unhealthiest person in the world. I'm not fit at all. "

" I was incredibly shy and insecure as a child. I was bullied. I was dyslexic. I had an immigrant single parent. I was the opposite of that kind of ideal, cool girl thing. "

" My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian. "

" When I'm at work, I do try and embody it as much as possible. "

" I'm a Londoner, so I'm a bit feisty. "

Kaya Scodelario

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" I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something! "

" The fight for equal rights or pay has become this thing where people expect actresses to talk about it. Why they feel that a man is worth more is an important issue to discuss - we are moving in the right direction, but we need to continue to talk about it and continue to label it as an issue. "

" I didn't tell anyone in school that I was going to be in 'Skins.' I was terrified of them putting me down. "

Kaya Scodelario

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" I wore an Urban Outfitters dress on my wedding day. It was one I had in the back of my wardrobe. It was white. We went to City Hall here in New York. I wore it with blue velvet boots my husband bought for me. I loved it. It was my favorite thing. It was chilled and spontaneous. "

" I'm not good at dressing up. I always feel a bit out of place. It's just not me - high heels and designer dresses - and I can't seem to get used to it. "