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" I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way. "

Ophelia Lovibond

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" I'm quite nosy. Somebody will be reading a book on a train, and I'll go: 'How is it? Is it any good?' and they'll be like, 'Yeah, now let me read it.' "

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" I don't have any irrational fears. Obviously, if I was walking through the outback, and I saw a snake, I wouldn't go up and stroke it, but I wouldn't run screaming from it, either. "

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" You're sent scripts, and for some, as soon as you start reading them, you feel an instant connection to the character. You know who they are, you know how to play them, and there is instant enthusiasm. Then, at the audition, you don't have nerves because of that natural affinity. "

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" I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat. "

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" The first thing I look at with a project isn't who's directing, whether it's a big film; it's the character and whether I want to tell her story. "

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" My golf swing is probably the most horrendous you've ever seen. I look like I'm trying to attack the ball. "

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" Everyone talks about the big three-oh with dread - but it's exciting. It feels like life is much more put together. Everyone's like, 'Wouldn't you like to be 20 again?' But no way. "

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