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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. "

Kaya Scodelario

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" 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'm not the best auditioner. "

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" When someone shouts 'Skins' at you, its funny the first time. But after a hundred times, you think, 'I do have a name.' "

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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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" I'm the unhealthiest person in the world. I'm not fit at all. "

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" It was really cool to work with Dakota Fanning. I've watched her grow up and I've always loved her films, loved her. It was amazing working with someone who was American as well, because obviously it's going to be a different energy straightaway. We got on really well; she's so professional and hardworking. "

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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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" We should just be good humans. "

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" 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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" At 21, you've come out of the craziness. Maybe you've been to university, but now it's time to get serious. It's the age where you make decisions about your life. "

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" I think a lot of people, when they don't quite fit in in the world, use humor to combat that and to find their place in society. "

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" It's nice to know that a studio is willing to put a female in a film without expecting the character to have a love interest. "

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" It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too. "

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" My friends still see me as the girl they went to school with. We're very much home bunnies. "

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" It's important to enjoy the moment. "

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" We're all lucky to be working, and I'm glad to be employed. "

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" I'd love to find a really good Brazilian project, an up and coming director or something. I wouldn't want to do the typical favela story, Brazilian cinema has a lot more to offer than just that. "

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" I love dressing up, but I do find the red carpet thing quite stressful. When I went to Venice Film Festival last month to promote 'Wuthering Heights,' I told my boyfriend beforehand 'I will be a nightmare, I will cry, I will be nervous.' Actually once I was there, it was fine. "

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" I had to learn to jog because I run like a fish. All my friends found the thought of me running on screen hysterical because I do absolutely no exercise. "

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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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" Mum built a life for me in a difficult place at a difficult time. "

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" It's very strange: I watch a lot of interviews with other actors that I know saying, 'Oh we had a great time; we're best buddies,' and I know for a fact that they didn't, and they actually hated each other. "

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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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" I was painfully shy as a child; I was dyslexic. I had a single mother who's an immigrant. I just didn't believe acting was something that people like me could do on a professional level. "

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" I want to play Keith Richards. "

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