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" I did a bit of baby modeling. I loved it. "
Ella Purnell
Loved
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Bit
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" I'd like to be smart, fun, and real. It's very easy to just put together a pretty dress, some heels, and some jewels. I don't want to be that girl. It's all about being brave, taking risks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. "
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" The real friends are the ones who celebrate with you. "
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" I don't know any 21-year-old who's not having an existential crisis. "
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" Social media can be so damaging. "
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" Amy Winehouse is one of my biggest inspirations. "
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" I don't think there was any point where I was like, 'I want to be an actor for the rest of my life.' The nice thing about being a kid is you don't have to make those decisions. Then all of a sudden, you blink, and you're 18. "
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" When you're growing up, the most important thing is to try to not change yourself too much. Be you, because everyone else is taken. "
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" I've acted for as long as I can remember, really. "
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" If someone says I can't do something, I always think I'm going to totally do this to annoy you. "
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" I love pasta. It's something in the water. The pasta and the bread in New York are so good. "
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" What I use when I'm acting comes from what I learn about myself. "
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" Keira Knightley remains one of my mentors. I absolutely love her and will turn to her for industry advice or reassurance or validation at any time. She is very classy and elegant and lovely. I have a bit of a woman-crush on Keira. "
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" The world is changing, and you have to keep up with the way the world is changing as well as your own expectations that you set for yourself or that your family might set you. "
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" Growing up and working at the same time is difficult. "
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" I had quite a bit of experience doing things that had been adapted from a book and playing real-life characters and playing the younger version of actors. That's kind of my thing. "
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" That's something I want to do: cover all sorts of genres to find the one I love most. "
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" I have anxiety and have had depression in the past. "
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" I can do a really good animal impression! I'm great at ducks, cats, dogs, and occasionally dolphins. "
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" All women are strong, and we don't need to write stronger female roles; what we need to start writing is real women that have emotions and have real-life thoughts. "
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" I love movies where you can tell who's directed it even before the credits roll in, like Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantino. People who make very stylized types of film. "
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" There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves. "
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" I'm blessed with being quite secure - not necessarily about my looks, but if someone says, 'I don't like what you're wearing,' I am never going to go and cry about it. I think that does come with age, though. "
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" It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that. "
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" I think passion in a physical way goes hand in hand with taste and smell. "
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