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" I was not a queen bee, ever. "

Emily Berrington

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" It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can. "

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" Politics is terrifying, very masculine, and not particularly encouraging to young blonde women - as a career, that is - and it was only when I was working in parliament that I thought to myself, 'Well, this is a tough industry; can an acting career be any more intimidating?' and I applied to drama school. "

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" I literally can't get anywhere now without the map on my phone. I used to use an A-Z when I first came to London, and now I really struggle because there's no dot to show where I am. And I think that part of my brain doesn't work any more. "

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" You imagine that, going into such a huge American series, you will come up against a lot of egos, but it was the complete opposite on '24,' a dream team. "

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" I do think I have a lesser ability to remember facts and names than I have done previously, because you never have to store them; you just look them up again. I could make the same recipe 15 times, but I'll never, ever remember how to make it because I'll just look it up. "

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" I'm old and boring in London and get really tired around midnight. But in Berlin, I had this new lease of life because there's something electric about the place. "

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" When I was little, I was actually really shy. I really enjoyed doing school plays, but I found the whole thing terrifying. I cried myself to sleep once because I thought my teacher was going to give me the lead role. I never imagined acting was a viable career. "

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" As far as I'm aware, you can't tell if something is going to be successful. Brilliant scripts often don't get picked up, and terrible ones do all the time! "

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" I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor. "

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" You meet people and go, 'We're going to be friends forever!' then you get home and can't even remember their name. "

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" I will be very sad if I ever get to the point where I think, 'Oh no, another dress from Armani.' I want to be still screaming my head off when it arrives. "

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" I've taken that with me since working with him; in order to be William Hurt, you have use every moment like he does. "

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" I'm really rubbish with technology; I'm super backward! I think I got a mobile phone last out of all my friends. I really worried about people being able to get hold of me at any time - I really hated that idea. "

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" A standard day usually starts very early - 4.30 A.M. pick-ups and in the make-up chair by 5.30. "

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" I worry that if you see a row of self-checkouts, you think, 'That all used to be jobs and real people.' "

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" I really enjoy working with people who have come into this industry for what I think are really admirable reasons. People who really want to tell brilliant stories and do it in the most effective way possible. "

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" I definitely, really appreciate that quality that humans like to show constantly, even without saying anything, that they're with you and they're processing something. "

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" I read recently that someone set up a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots in America. The idea being that if something robotic can have responsibilities then it should also have rights. "

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" I always thought that at the very time of your life when you want to be cool and sexy and fascinating, you are none of those things. You are a hormonal muddle in your school uniform sitting in double science looking at a boy who you know will never notice you. That was definitely me; I was so shy at school. "

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" My first role was an angel in the nursery nativity. I spotted my mum halfway through and shouted over someone else's lines to ask if she liked my costume. I've learnt not to do that now. "

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" I love the make-up trailer. It's a great way to start the day, drinking coffee and singing along to Elvis with the make-up artists. They work wonders on a very sleepy face. "

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" There's a fine line between something saving you time and replacing a bit of you that could be useful. I've certainly become more and more aware of that. "

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" I've been reading a lot about what the Internet does to our brains. "

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" I imagine if you're one of those genius people working on AI, the desire to find out what's possible is presumably the driving factor, but I hope there are just as many people who are thinking about what we actually want. Just because something's possible it doesn't mean it's going to be good to us. "

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" Even things like supermarket self-checkouts, they do mean people's jobs go. It's always worth thinking about the implications of things. Just because something's easier, it doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do. "

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" If there is an option to use a real human being and to have a chat with somebody and do your shopping that way, I do try and do that. "

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" I literally can't talk without moving hands. "

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