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" Everyone asks, 'What's your goal? Do you want to win an Oscar? Do you want to work with Meryl Streep?' No! I want to buy my mum a house. I want to make her proud. "

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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

Quiet

Hair

Fit

" There are so many things that you're supposed to conform to as an actress. Keep your mouth shut. Look pretty. Be a fashionista. I'm not stylish. I don't want to become this character. "

" I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn't make them feel judged. 'Skins' never tried to preach. It allowed young people to make their own decisions about what to do and whether it was right or wrong. Young people really respond to that, and that's what sets 'Skins' apart. "

" The best part about doing 'Wuthering Heights' was you were completely in that world. It could not have been done with CGI. You had to be there. "

" I wasn't good at anything very much at school, but I did like drama. "

Kaya Scodelario

School

Good

" I had a really honest conversation with my husband about equal pay because we met on a movie where he was paid more than me just because of gender. "

Kaya Scodelario

Gender

Husband

" 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. "

" It's very strange: I watch a lot of interviews with other actors that I know saying, 'Oh we had a great time; we're best buddies,' and I know for a fact that they didn't, and they actually hated each other. "

" I'm not the best auditioner. "

Kaya Scodelario

Best

" 'Skins' was the university for me. It was the best years of my life, really. We were all just a bunch of friends. "

" It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too. "

Kaya Scodelario

Scary

Hard

" I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy. "

Kaya Scodelario

Edgy

Different

" 'Southcliffe' is extremely dark. It's an extremely depressing, intense story, but the shoot was like being at Disneyland. It was unbelievably different from what we were filming. "

Kaya Scodelario

Dark

Different

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It was really cool to work with Dakota Fanning. I've watched her grow up and I've always loved her films, loved her. It was amazing working with someone who was American as well, because obviously it's going to be a different energy straightaway. We got on really well; she's so professional and hardworking. "

" 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 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. "

" I don't like to make predictions, because my life's been pretty unpredictable so far. "

Kaya Scodelario

Far

Life

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

" I would have loved the opportunity to have gone to drama school, but it just didn't work out for me; there are always several paths, and there's a reason why I've been down this path. "

Kaya Scodelario

Path

Work

" I've always had confidence issues; I just get scared of doing things wrong. "

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

" We're all lucky to be working, and I'm glad to be employed. "

" I like movies because I've been getting leads, and TV is more about ensemble casts. "

Kaya Scodelario

Because

Movies

" I remember doing my first school play. We were doing 'Oliver Twist,' and I was cast as Oliver. It was the first time I ever felt brave and confident and truly happy about something. "

" Mum built a life for me in a difficult place at a difficult time. "

" We lived in a council flat, and I spent most of my time on estates. My mum was very strict. I used to hate it. "

" 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

Clothes

Friends

" I like to work. I feel blessed that I'm working. "