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" I didn't tell anyone in school that I was going to be in 'Skins.' I was terrified of them putting me down. "

Kaya Scodelario

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" I played American when I was, like, fourteen, and I was awful. I cringed the whole way through. "

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" 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. "

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" As a teenager, you're still discovering who you are, what your life is about, and who you want to be as a person. It's very intense. "

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" '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. "

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" We should just be good humans. "

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" I don't stay in accent or anything, but internally, I get quite dark and destroy myself a little bit. But that's what I do, and I enjoy it. It's how I do my work. "

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

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" At 21, you've come out of the craziness. Maybe you've been to university, but now it's time to get serious. It's the age where you make decisions about your life. "

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" I can't wait to take my son to see 'Wonder Woman' - I can't wait to show him all the female characters can be well-rounded people. "

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" It's nice to know that a studio is willing to put a female in a film without expecting the character to have a love interest. "

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" I'm a Londoner, so I'm a bit feisty. "

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" The fight for equal rights or pay has become this thing where people expect actresses to talk about it. Why they feel that a man is worth more is an important issue to discuss - we are moving in the right direction, but we need to continue to talk about it and continue to label it as an issue. "

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" 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. "

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" I had to learn to jog because I run like a fish. All my friends found the thought of me running on screen hysterical because I do absolutely no exercise. "

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" It's important to enjoy the moment. "

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" 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. "

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" I think really good drama comes down to real human emotion. That's what makes us all tick, and that's what I've always been drawn to when it comes to scripts is real human emotion and dealing with that. "

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" Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market - I have so many vintage pieces from there it's unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. "

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" I was painfully shy as a child; I was dyslexic. I had a single mother who's an immigrant. I just didn't believe acting was something that people like me could do on a professional level. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I believe there are some things meant only for you and the person you love. "

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" I love dressing up, but I do find the red carpet thing quite stressful. When I went to Venice Film Festival last month to promote 'Wuthering Heights,' I told my boyfriend beforehand 'I will be a nightmare, I will cry, I will be nervous.' Actually once I was there, it was fine. "

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" I'd like to think that even if I wasn't acting professionally, I would still be doing it for free. It helps me get through the day. "

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