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" I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters. "

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Unpredictability

" It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through. "

" I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters. "

" I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure. "

" I got into medicine at university, then deferred a year to see. Then I started acting and just never went back to university. "

" Generally, with films, what tends to happen is that a few people get a lot of momentum out of it, and a lot of people don't. "

" In the past, I was always drawn to really quirky, idiosyncratic characters. "

" As actors, we are accustomed to moving around, and it's always great to live and work in a city - you feel like you are truly living a life there. "

" Usually, I end up looking for something completely different to who I last played. But there is just a spark that's lit when I read a script or character I want to play. "

" There are so many things from movies that are remembered, that are just looks on people's faces or incredible vistas or beautiful pictures. That is a very important part of cinema. "

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" There's a film I did years ago, 'Love Serenade,' that I still really love. It's such an oddball sense of humor. It was a really special film for me when I did it. "

" Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time. "

" I've been on shows where they're just setting it up, and they're trying to find the tone of the writing and performance. That's always a really chaotic period on shows. "

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" It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact. "