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" Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part. "

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" Dance has such an intensity to it. You become, in a way, an intense person. "

" Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities. "

" I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me. "

" I like to think of myself as an observer. "

" Photography, for me, is something I can control fully. It's wholly my own expressions. "

" I want to just do my job and do it well. "

" Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely. "

" I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really. "

" I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well. "

" Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down. "

" I love Portland. I think it's one of the best cities - I obviously haven't been to very many places, but I had one of the best times I've had on a set there. "

" Dance is such a stressful environment. "

" Coming from dance, I feel acting is - I'm not going to say easy, because it's not. But the dance world is more hard-core. "

" I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with. "

" I'm a huge sucker for comfort. "

" Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three. "

" I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character, or the time that they live in, or what they're experiencing. "

" I like characters who remind me of someone I know. "

" You have an awareness of your body and how to use it and I think that if you can embody a character physically it's another really useful tool. "

" My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films. "

" Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion. "

" When you look at magazines, you feel so inadequate and so small and you feel really imperfect, when you're constantly seeing these images. "

" It's really rare as a teenager to be offered a role that actually resembles what it's like to be a teenager, because there are so many stereotypes that might be attractive to watch, but make you think: 'Who is that? Who has that life at 16?' "

" I like my anonymity - that when I meet people they don't know me. "

" I love Europe. "

" As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business. "

" With dance, you learn to channel nerves into energy, excited energy. "

" I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people. "

" I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles. "