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" Cutting one side of your head for a few months is not a big deal compared with what other people have to deal with in the world. Plus, hair grows back. "
Natalie Dormer
Head
Side
People
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" Madonna is completely down-to-earth. She's an absolute professional. "
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" It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing. "
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" I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage. "
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" As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers. "
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Look
" I love cycling. "
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" It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively. "
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Impossible
View
" I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York - New York helped give me my first big break. "
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Experience
Me
" There was a woman in Elizabeth I's court that happened to have the same family name as me. "
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Court
Family
Me
" I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box. "
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Want
Move On
Try
" When I was a little girl, my grandfather, who I was very close to, used to grow yellow roses. He had yellow roses growing all the way up his drive. "
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Grandfather
Drive
Girl
" I'm a bed monster. "
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Monster
Bed
" I'm glad that cinema is catching up to what television has known for a while: That three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. "
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Audience
Men
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" I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry. "
Natalie Dormer
Home
Lesson
Never
" I want to keep people guessing. "
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Want
Guessing
People
" I've been spoiled rotten with the costumes I've worn. "
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Spoiled
Worn
Been
" There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find? "
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About
Find
Real
" I'm a serial monogamist and would never dream of being as predatory as some of the women I've played. I can actually be a bit shy. "
Natalie Dormer
Never
Dream
I Can
" My first time to Rome was when I was backpacking with my best friend around Europe for a month at 18 years old, so I remember that excitement of being away from home properly for the first time. "
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Home
Best
Time
" The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men. "
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Beauty
Writing
Women
" When I wake up on a Sunday morning with a slight hangover, in the gym with no makeup on, that's who Natalie Dormer really is. The girl next door who gets a spot on her forehead occasionally. "
Natalie Dormer
Morning
Makeup
Girl
" Being seduced by a man on crutches was an interesting experience. "
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Interesting
Man
Being
" I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me. "
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Like
Breakthrough
Think
" Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power. "
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Woman
Up
Too
" There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his repertoire that lends itself beautifully to the nature of Henry VIII, definitely. He will push things to the limit, and yet remain in emotional control. "
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Push
Nature
Control
" I'm a 'Blackadder' girl. "
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Girl
" It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist. "
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People
Way
Exist
" I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like. "
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Walking
Know
History
" When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or London. Even in Western society, where we hold all the values of democracy and freedom of speech, as soon as you point a camera in a particular direction, there is an angle - literally and figuratively. "
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Freedom
Society
Democracy
" Long skirts are annoying; they get in the way. "
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Way
Annoying
Get
" I don't know if I'm a daredevil, exactly, but I do enjoy a good challenge. It's the only way you grow. "
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Challenge
Enjoy
Good