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" I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie. "
Talulah Riley
Physics
Through
Quantum
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" I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways. "
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" Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. There's whole swathes of stuff we can't account for. "
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" I think I was a pretty normal student; I just followed most of my friends. "
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" I'm terrified I'm about to die, or that all the people I love are about to die, every second of every day. "
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" There's a real power in heels and a good dress. "
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" The writers who inspire me most are all women: Enid Blyton, Agatha Christie, Margaret Mitchell and Emily and Charlotte Bronte. As for contemporary novels, one of my favourites is 'Everyone Brave is Forgiven' by Chris Cleave. It's the sort of book to read if you've fallen out of love with reading - it reminds you just how brilliant novels can be. "
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Women
Book
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" I have an existential crisis every time I walk into a bookshop, knowing that I'm not going to read all the books before I die. "
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Crisis
Time
" I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds. "
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Window
School
" As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories. "
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Wanted
Books
Child
" I'm a big reader, so when I was in 'Pride and Prejudice,' or, like, in Poirots and Marples, those are all books that I loved, and so it was really exciting for me to inhabit characters from literature that I knew and recognized. "
Talulah Riley
Prejudice
Me
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" I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything. "
Talulah Riley
Richard
Would
Literally
" The things I wanted to do from a very early age - ie. get married and have children - precluded a lot of guys my own age from wanting to have anything to do with me. "
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Own
Early
Children
" Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again. "
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People
Acting
You
" I'm terribly, horribly shy. "
Talulah Riley
Horribly
Shy
Terribly
" I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list. "
Talulah Riley
Like
Get
Deathbed
" Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it. "
Talulah Riley
Social
Still
Believe
" I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it. "
Talulah Riley
Obsession
Friend
Over
" When I was a little girl, I told everyone I was going to marry a very clever scientist and have ten children. I would always draw the children, and they included blond-haired twin boys whom I named Theodore and Frederick: Teddy and Freddy for short. "
Talulah Riley
Children
Short
Always
" My wide eyes make me look much younger without make-up, and although it's fun to have a line in innocence corrupted, I doubt I'll get to play the vampy vixen or a Hedda Gabler or Lady Macbeth. "
Talulah Riley
Fun
Me
Look
" Men are visual creatures. "
Talulah Riley
Men
Visual
Creatures
" Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline. "
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Think
Problem
Like
" My dad is Scottish, and he read in the newspaper about the plight of the Scottish Freshwater Mussel, which is a real thing - like, a very real, serious conservation issue. And he's a writer, and he was going to do a film about a Glaswegian gangster, and then I stole the idea and turned it into a romantic comedy. "
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Gangster
Romantic
" I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week. "
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Week
Big
" Boys are like puppies, but the thing I find terrifying is how do you steer them? "
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You
Them
" 'Westworld' is going to be incredible, and the production line is amazing. That was really nice because Lisa Nolan, who is in charge there, is fabulous and is a great example of a woman doing that role. So that was great, and she's amazing - an incredible writer and fantastic to work with. "
Talulah Riley
Amazing
Woman
Nice
" 'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message. "
Talulah Riley
Saying
You
Fun
" I've been an actress for years, and I've worked with one female director. Statistically it's less than 7% or 12% - I mean, it's low, not representative. So, hopefully, more women will be given opportunities to direct, or create opportunities to direct themselves. "
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Director
Create
Women
" Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didn't: It was basically a semantics game. "
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You
Answers
Meaning
" I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless. "
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Fearless
Ride
" I didn't intend to be an actress. It was one of many things I was interested in, and it just took off. I was an actress between the ages of 18 and 22, and it was a wonderful, fun thing to do, but it wasn't what I intended long term. I parked acting a long time ago. "
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