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" I don't want to inspire people to look pretty and buy makeup. I want to inspire them to knit scarves for Syrian refugees. "
Ella Purnell
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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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" 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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" The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch. "
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" I have anxiety and have had depression in the past. "
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" At 9, I started taking classes at Sylvia Young Theatre School. One day, they asked if I wanted to join their agency. You get in if you're cute, I guess. "
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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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" What I use when I'm acting comes from what I learn about myself. "
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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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" I'm very fortunate that I really like acting, but it's not all I want to do. I love to sing. I love blues. I love jazz. "
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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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" Growing up and working at the same time is difficult. "
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" I used to think fashion was silly, and now I think it can be one of the purest expressions of art. "
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" I don't know any 21-year-old who's not having an existential crisis. "
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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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" 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'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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" 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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" I'm really interested in food now. I never used to be. I always used to just eat when I'm hungry, and now it's an experience. "
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