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" I don't wear bright orange clothes or leopard skin boots, but it was really good fun to play someone that does and have an excuse too! "

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" It's different for every project. Some parts are quicker than others to get and know; sometimes right up until the last moment you're just praying that something will click. But you can only do a certain amount of work and then at some point you've got to think: 'OK, I'm just going to have to leap now.' "

" You always want your films to go as far as they can. "

" I know from my own experience that great films and great actors can have a really big influence on you. There is a place for art in the world, and if you're lucky enough to be good at something and to keep being given work, it's not such a bad thing. "

" You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone. "

" You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself. "

" I do worry about young people in the business who have experienced a lot of success and are punted around doing those manic publicity trails, when you don't really know who you are yet. "

" Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing. "

" I'm quite an optimist, quite happy in life, quite smiley. "

" My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.' "

" What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in. "

" I grew up with 'Jane Eyre,' reading it at school, and it's one of those, I think, for a lot of women, a lot of girls, it's the iconic story and so many girls relate to Jane Eyre and her character. "

" The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true. "

" I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures. "

" A different script calls for different things. It always takes me a long time to get to know the part, and know the logic behind the words. I have to be with the script for quite a long time before things start to fall into place, before they become part of the character. "

" Sometimes you go into a film and you have no time to prepare and have to compress the details into a few days and then rely on the instinct and what happens when you're in a scene with other actors and that chemistry or not. "

" One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am. "

" I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters. "

" My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character. "

" I love working and I love doing lots of things and a variety of things. It keeps your mind active... and you don't end up worrying about just the one thing. When I chew things over or analyze too much, that is when I can trip myself up. "

" Being in nature is very important to me. I'm not a glamour puss. "

" You do your bit and then you hope for the best and you think, oh I hope there's an audience at the end of the day. "

" You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it? "

" You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights. "

" I first started acting in primary school, just doing little plays. And from the moment I began, something just went 'click' inside me. Suddenly I wasn't shy anymore. Instead I felt confident and happy. I can remember the enormous sense of relief it gave me. I loved the feeling of making people laugh. "