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" I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s. "

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" 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. "

Natalie Dormer

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" I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like. "

" When I was a little girl, my grandfather, who I was very close to, used to grow yellow roses. He had yellow roses growing all the way up his drive. "

" I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York - New York helped give me my first big break. "

Natalie Dormer

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" Madonna is completely down-to-earth. She's an absolute professional. "

" It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing. "

" I'm a serial monogamist and would never dream of being as predatory as some of the women I've played. I can actually be a bit shy. "

" 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. "

" More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something! "

" I've been spoiled rotten with the costumes I've worn. "

" I always tell people this: to be a savvy politician or a good head of state and to be charitable are not mutually exclusive things. "

" 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. "

" The hair department on 'Game of Thrones' is incredible. "

" I want to keep people guessing. "

" Nothing is taken lightly in 'The Hunger Games.' "

" Isn't it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are? "

" Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals. "

" 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. "

" We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time. "

" I'm glad that cinema is catching up to what television has known for a while: That three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. "

" Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair. "

" To be joining 'The Hunger Games' family is such a thrill. It deserves the hype because it's well written, handles really big subject matter, but doesn't talk down to its audience. And then there's the romance element. "

" Kids are very cruel to each other. "

" It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively. "

" Make-up is all about shading; it's about tactical application. "

" I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone. "

" I don't know if I'm a daredevil, exactly, but I do enjoy a good challenge. It's the only way you grow. "

" My first time to Rome was when I was backpacking with my best friend around Europe for a month at 18 years old, so I remember that excitement of being away from home properly for the first time. "

" Sci-fi always runs out a little bit ahead of reality, right? Automatic doors in 'Star Trek,' stuff like that. It all happened, didn't it, finally? "

" Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power. "

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