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" I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something! "
Kaya Scodelario
Make
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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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" The thing you think is going to be huge ends up not being huge at all, and the most minute thing you do is talked about for the rest of your life, so I try not to have any expectations at all. I think that helps, if you're just focusing on the project at hand. "
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" 'Southcliffe' is extremely dark. It's an extremely depressing, intense story, but the shoot was like being at Disneyland. It was unbelievably different from what we were filming. "
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" My mother is amazing. She moved from Surrey to London, taught herself English, and found a job. "
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Amazing
" 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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" I like movies because I've been getting leads, and TV is more about ensemble casts. "
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" She had to play the role of mother and father at the same time, and she did it to perfection. I managed to find a way through because of her. My mother is my biggest inspiration. "
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" When I'm at work, I do try and embody it as much as possible. "
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" I wasn't good at anything very much at school, but I did like drama. "
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" My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian. "
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Grandfather
" 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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Husband
Me
" I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy. "
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Edgy
More
Different
" I'm not comfortable doing nudity. That's something quite personal. "
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Something
Personal
Comfortable
" I'm not a girly girl. I don't brush my hair. "
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Brush
Hair
" I played American when I was, like, fourteen, and I was awful. I cringed the whole way through. "
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" I've just made a cancer drama, called 'Now Is Good,' directed by Ol Parker and starring Dakota Fanning. We filmed in Brighton and it's about a girl dying of leukemia, although it's not as depressing as it sounds. "
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Girl
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" I think if someone was really rude to me in an audition, even someone quite important, I think I'd be, 'What are you doing? Don't talk to me like that!' "
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Me
You
Think
" When I was growing up, we didn't have much money. What was important in my house was to have food on the table, be happy, and have our family. "
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Family
Money
Be Happy
" Every job I take, I really want to learn something. "
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Every
" We come from a very humble background. A lot of my paycheck from 'Skins' went to paying the bills and getting us a new sofa. "
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" I was bullied; I was kind of a girl in the corner. So acting was a great outlet for me by pretending to be someone else. "
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" Do the little things that make you feel normal and happy, even if that's just getting in your pyjamas and watching 'X Factor' at the weekend. "
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" My mom raised me on her own, so I decided to take her name 'cause she was my mom and my dad. "
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" I believe there are some things meant only for you and the person you love. "
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" We lived in a council flat, and I spent most of my time on estates. My mum was very strict. I used to hate it. "
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" I like working with new and young directors. "
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" I really take a lot of influence from London style. "
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Style
" I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have the right connections to do well. "
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" I'm not good at dressing up. I always feel a bit out of place. It's just not me - high heels and designer dresses - and I can't seem to get used to it. "
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