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" I was incredibly shy and insecure as a child. I was bullied. I was dyslexic. I had an immigrant single parent. I was the opposite of that kind of ideal, cool girl thing. "

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" I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn't make them feel judged. 'Skins' never tried to preach. It allowed young people to make their own decisions about what to do and whether it was right or wrong. Young people really respond to that, and that's what sets 'Skins' apart. "

" Who doesn't want to shoot for 'Vogue?' I remember updating my Facebook status to say 'Doing 'Vogue' today', it was so exciting. I thought it would be really intimidating, and I don't like photoshoots, but that was the most relaxed one I've done. "

" 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. "

" People don't realise how dyslexia affects your confidence and how brutal it can be. People think you're dumb, and you know you're not. it's just how your brain works. "

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

" 'Skins' meant so much to so many people. It was so much part of its time, and I was so young. "

" 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. "

" 'Skins' is actually a part of who I am as a person, so I was really focused on making sure the scripts and the story lines were right. "

" My mother is amazing. She moved from Surrey to London, taught herself English, and found a job. "

" I'm a Londoner, so I'm a bit feisty. "

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Feisty

" Most people think of 'Wuthering Heights' as romantic; it's really not about that at all. "

" Every job I take, I really want to learn something. "

" I would have loved the opportunity to have gone to drama school, but it just didn't work out for me; there are always several paths, and there's a reason why I've been down this path. "

Kaya Scodelario

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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. "

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

Kaya Scodelario

Home

School

" I got incredibly lucky, and you have to be if you want to be quite successful. "

" I find it easy to act being in love. I've experienced that and analysed it. "

" I'm lucky: I've got one of those fast metabolisms where I can eat whatever I want, and I don't put on weight. But I know that's only when you're young. It'll probably hit me when I'm 30. "

" My mom always let me watch movies that were probably slightly too mature for my age, but she wanted me to see different stories. We grew up with quite a hard life, so she wasn't afraid to show me that in movies. "

" 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. "

" Being asked to memorise a script in one day when you have dyslexia is the same as having a broken foot and being asked to dance. You have to make exceptions for it. "

" 'Skins' was the university for me. It was the best years of my life, really. We were all just a bunch of friends. "

" It's important to enjoy the moment. "

" My mum is Brazilian and very proud. I'd love to do a Brazilian film. I've been brought up in the Brazilian culture. My mum brought me up on my own, I cook Brazilian food, I've never spoken a word of English to my mother. "

Kaya Scodelario

Mother

Love

" When I'm at work, I do try and embody it as much as possible. "

" My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian. "

" My hair was always frizzy. I always wanted to be blonde with lovely straight hair. I was very skinny. I was quite tomboyish, just very quiet. I always wanted to fit in; I just couldn't. "

" I had no confidence as a child; I still really don't. Acting is the only thing I've ever felt comfortable doing. "

" My first secondary school was in East Finchley, and I was one of only five white people in the year. I was really skinny and flat-chested with frizzy hair. I don't consider myself posh, but my mum brought me up to speak properly, and they picked up on that, as all kids do. "

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