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" I think it's really hard for filmmakers to adapt books. "
Ella Purnell
Think
Adapt
I Think
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" I love movies where you can tell who's directed it even before the credits roll in, like Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantino. People who make very stylized types of film. "
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" When I worked with Keira Knightley in 'Never Let Me Go,' I learned how to be classy and sophisticated. "
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" I'm blessed with being quite secure - not necessarily about my looks, but if someone says, 'I don't like what you're wearing,' I am never going to go and cry about it. I think that does come with age, though. "
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" Social media can be so damaging. "
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Media
" I did a bit of baby modeling. I loved it. "
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Loved
Modeling
Bit
" What I use when I'm acting comes from what I learn about myself. "
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About
Acting
" That's something I want to do: cover all sorts of genres to find the one I love most. "
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Find
Cover
" I had quite a bit of experience doing things that had been adapted from a book and playing real-life characters and playing the younger version of actors. That's kind of my thing. "
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Book
Kind
Playing
" I always feel like sugar cubes aren't big enough. "
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Big
Enough
Sugar
" All women are strong, and we don't need to write stronger female roles; what we need to start writing is real women that have emotions and have real-life thoughts. "
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Strong
Start
Thoughts
" I didn't really have idols growing up, but some of my friends were huge fangirls. "
Ella Purnell
Growing
Growing Up
Friends
" When I got to know Margot Robbie on the set of 'The Legend of Tarzan,' I learned just how important it is to be lovely to everyone you meet. "
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You
Meet
Legend
" There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves. "
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Career
Family
Going
" It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that. "
Ella Purnell
Work
Think
Power
" I'd like to be smart, fun, and real. It's very easy to just put together a pretty dress, some heels, and some jewels. I don't want to be that girl. It's all about being brave, taking risks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. "
Ella Purnell
Brave
Fun
Risks
" Growing up and working at the same time is difficult. "
Ella Purnell
Time
Growing Up
Growing
" I don't think there was any point where I was like, 'I want to be an actor for the rest of my life.' The nice thing about being a kid is you don't have to make those decisions. Then all of a sudden, you blink, and you're 18. "
Ella Purnell
Life
Think
Rest
" What I love about this job is it's literally a different day every single day, isn't it? One day you're a nurse, the next day you're in a band - you can just make it up. I'm just a big kid, and that's really what this job is - just playing dress-up every day. "
Ella Purnell
Love
Job
You
" I have anxiety and have had depression in the past. "
Ella Purnell
Depression
Past
In The Past
" When you're growing up, the most important thing is to try to not change yourself too much. Be you, because everyone else is taken. "
Ella Purnell
Growing Up
You
Try
" The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch. "
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Double
Handmade
Detail
" The real friends are the ones who celebrate with you. "
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Who
Real
You
" The world is changing, and you have to keep up with the way the world is changing as well as your own expectations that you set for yourself or that your family might set you. "
Ella Purnell
Expectations
Yourself
World
" I like to prove people wrong. "
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Wrong
People
Like
" Keira Knightley remains one of my mentors. I absolutely love her and will turn to her for industry advice or reassurance or validation at any time. She is very classy and elegant and lovely. I have a bit of a woman-crush on Keira. "
Ella Purnell
Turn
Advice
Classy
" I think passion in a physical way goes hand in hand with taste and smell. "
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Hand
Taste
Way
" I've acted for as long as I can remember, really. "
Ella Purnell
Really
Long
I Can
" Whenever anybody asked me, 'Who is your number one director to work with?' I would always say Tim Burton. "
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Me
Director
" I can do a really good animal impression! I'm great at ducks, cats, dogs, and occasionally dolphins. "
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Great
Animal
Cats
" I used to think fashion was silly, and now I think it can be one of the purest expressions of art. "
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Art
Fashion
Used