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" I had no confidence as a child; I still really don't. Acting is the only thing I've ever felt comfortable doing. "
Kaya Scodelario
Doing
Acting
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" My friends still see me as the girl they went to school with. We're very much home bunnies. "
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" Kids will pick up on weakness, and I was very shy growing up. I was skinny and flat-chested; I didn't have the latest clothes. For me, it was about being left out and not having any friends and being laughed at. I was very lonely, but that happens to so many people. "
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" I had a really honest conversation with my husband about equal pay because we met on a movie where he was paid more than me just because of gender. "
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" My hair was always frizzy. I always wanted to be blonde with lovely straight hair. I was very skinny. I was quite tomboyish, just very quiet. I always wanted to fit in; I just couldn't. "
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" I consider myself a Londoner first, and then I consider myself Brazilian before I consider myself English. "
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" Who doesn't want to shoot for 'Vogue?' I remember updating my Facebook status to say 'Doing 'Vogue' today', it was so exciting. I thought it would be really intimidating, and I don't like photoshoots, but that was the most relaxed one I've done. "
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" We're all lucky to be working, and I'm glad to be employed. "
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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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" In England, there is this tradition of the upper classes going to very expensive drama schools and then going on having careers. I knew that wasn't an option for me. My mother would never have been able to afford that. "
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