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" I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around. "
Olivia Colman
I Am
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" I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up. "
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" I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.' "
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" I eat a bit too much; my teeth aren't perfect; I've got eye bags. I look like a normal 39-year-old woman - but in England, no one minds that. "
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" This may sound mad, but you sort of assume that no one's going to watch what you do. You go on set, have a lovely time, and then you forget anyone's going to see it. So it's always a bit of a shock to be recognized. I get terribly embarrassed. "
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" You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because they don't mean anything. It's the tough ones like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Nil By Mouth' that stay with you, that you never forget. I'd like to leave a few of those behind if possible. "
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" I think a good dollop of sadness is quite a useful thing in comedy sometimes. I think if everyone's happy all the time, it's a bit dull. It's like salt and caramel - you wouldn't imagine they would go well together, but they do. "
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" Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible. "
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" If something touches me, I cry. That's it. I'm a bit raw, a bit rubbish, really. Often, a director will say to me, 'I don't think this is a scene where your character cries.' And all I can say is, good luck with that! "
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" I was always pretty ambitious, although it probably helps that I can't do anything else - apart from cleaning lavatories. But I remember my mum once said, 'I suppose you'll give it a year and see if you can make it as an actress?' And I said, 'No Mum, I think I'll give it 10.' "
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" I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got. "
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" The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just loved it. "
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" I grew up in north Norfolk, which certainly used to have an enormous sense of community. There are more and more second homes there now, so I'm not sure how that has damaged it. But where I live in South London, there is a beautiful community; it's the friendliest place I have ever lived, which comes as a surprise to non-Londoners. "
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" I was nervous about meeting Charlotte Rampling, as she's a proper legend, but she is just so sweet. "
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" I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short. "
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" I think each person you play has a little bit of you in it - you can't really help that. "
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" It gets slightly daunting if you're watching the telly and everybody's gorgeous. It's just so rubbish. And I'm grateful that it's not so much anymore - it's great to see. "
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" I started off in comedy, but that's just where I got my work. I've always been an actor. "
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" I'm always keen to have more training as a charity patron. "
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" Proper love should be utterly supportive and comfortable, and it feels like a raincoat or a jacket potato. "
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" If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language. "
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" If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before. "
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" For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful. "
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" I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts. "
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" I can see why people keep having babies. We were looking at a school for my youngest this morning, and there were all these little boys and girls. So sweet. And then the teenagers walk past, and, my God, they're enormous, and I bet they don't kiss their mummies. I'm just going to force my children to remain lovely. "
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" As a child, I thought, 'Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries,' and it turns out that's not true. "
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" If people still trust me with a funny line, then that is fine. If that is what gets me work. "
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" I was rubbish at school. "
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