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Natalie Dormer
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Poker
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" I want to keep people guessing. "
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Guessing
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" I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me. "
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Like
Breakthrough
Think
" I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success. "
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" We don't have enough young, female antiheroes. We don't accept women as antiheroes the way we do the men. "
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Way
Women
" When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American woman will head over, and I think, 'Game of Thrones.' Turns out it's 'The Tudors' or 'Elementary' or 'The Hunger Games.' It's always a surprise. "
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American
Help
Surprise
" Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct. "
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Shoot
You
Instinct
" I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction. "
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Attraction
Dirty
Down
" The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men. "
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Beauty
Writing
Women
" I've taken my clothes off enough in my career. "
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Clothes
Taken
Career
" I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is. "
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Painful
Know
Internet
" Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it - we're troubadours and lead a troubadour's lifestyle. "
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Bond
Amazing
Move On
" As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers. "
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Think
History
Look
" I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them. "
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Lucky
Very
Writing
" We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women. "
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Young
Live
Most
" Dormer by name, Dormer by nature: I love to sleep. "
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Name
I Love
Love
" We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time. "
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Back
Need
Ourselves
" You can think what you like of Madonna - about her political choices and her PR - but you have to respect her courage not to let the critics stop her exploring her potential. "
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Respect
Courage
Choices
" My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan. "
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Two
Film
Brilliant
" There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his repertoire that lends itself beautifully to the nature of Henry VIII, definitely. He will push things to the limit, and yet remain in emotional control. "
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Push
Nature
Control
" Long skirts are annoying; they get in the way. "
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Way
Annoying
Get
" There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find? "
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About
Find
Real
" I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully. "
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Sister
Time
Brother
" I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning. "
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Remember
Always
Autumn
" I think we all remember Emma Peel from 'The Avengers,' the feminist icon that she was in the late '60s. "
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Late
Feminist
Think
" It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist. "
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People
Way
Exist
" I meet fascinating people I respect and idolise all the time. "
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Meet
Respect
People
" I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project. "
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Play
Prove
Enough
" So many little girls dream about their wedding day. But with actresses, sometimes it's the inverse, because we get to be the centre of attention, looked up and down, dressed up for premieres all the time. The pull isn't quite as great. "
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Wedding
Day
Great
" There's a part of my heart that forever has Anne Boleyn written on it, who I played in 'The Tudors.' "
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Played
Who
Part