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" I would chance saying globally there is a feeling that female empowerment has, at last, become a topic that is fashionable, and more power to that. "
Gwendoline Christie
Feeling
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Power
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" I love the character of Jaime Lannister. He's just so complex - a character that we love to hate - but it's a lot more complex than hatred. It starts off, and he seems so arrogant and so smug. "
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" I don't really have any interest in playing the same part again and again. Let's just keep everything crossed that doesn't happen. "
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" What I've always loved about gymnastics and one of the many reasons I love watching it now is the combination of skill and freedom it has - the discipline and expression - letting you dance. "
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" If I were amazing with a sword, I wouldn't care about the tender things in life. "
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" Vita Sackville-West is one of my favorite female icons. She was a writer and a prolific gardener, but she also had a relationship with Virginia Woolf, and she was married to Sir Harold Nicolson. She was a woman who lived outside of norms. "
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" I'd love to work with Lena Headey, Alfie Allen, Charles Dance. I'd love to work with Peter Dinklage. "
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" Terry Gilliam is someone I'd always deeply admired. I saw his films when I was a child. "
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" People come up to me and say, 'You look so much better in real life.' "
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" The countryside in Belfast is beautiful. No technical wizardry is needed to show quite how glorious it is in its natural state. "
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" The whole format of 'Game of Thrones' is that you just don't know what to expect. "
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" There's so many parts of my life that I've struggled with - that so many millions of others struggled with - about being an outsider, about feeling ugly, about having to overcome looking different to other people. "
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" As a woman, we all want to feel attractive. We all want to feel that we're making the very best of ourselves so we can accept ourselves. "
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" I only ever wanted to be a model. This acting thing - three years of drama school - is an accident! "
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" The fantasy genre has so far rather embraced me, and I'm incredibly grateful for that. "
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Rather
" I love being tall. as you literally look at life from a different perspective: it's easier to breeze through life's turmoils; there's more room to breathe. "
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" Part of the reason why I love acting is that you do hope that somehow your work will connect to people and somehow expand their consciousness somewhat, and being able to challenge notions of prejudice through work - through my work - is really thrilling. "
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" My father always said, 'You can do anything a man can do.' "
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" I like to be comfortable. And I don't like to have to worry about having to adjust things if things are too short; I don't want to feel self conscious, so I like to wear things that make me feel empowered. "
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" My pseudonym is 'George R. R. Martin.' That guy's just an actor. "
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" My parents treated my height as a wonderful thing to be celebrated, but also normal. "
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" I absolutely love Oprah Winfrey. What a great woman and a great businesswoman. She seems to really campaign for an expansion of global consciousness. I think she's phenomenal. "
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" I think everyone loves a slash of red lipstick. "
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" Going to the gym is something I haven't done regularly since I was a child. "
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" Bart The Bear was fantastic to work with. Absolutely brilliant and so, so good. The things that that bear could do to order! He was one of the best actors I've ever worked with. "
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" I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow. "
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" I don't know, so much of women's femininity is tied up with their hair. "
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" I've always liked fairy tale and spectacle. I wouldn't say I was a fantasy fan, but anything beyond reality I've always found exciting - the work of David Lynch, the work of Tim Burton. But for me, I also love those things that are absolutely about human relationships. "
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" Everyone has something that defines them, whether they're wildly intelligent or whether they have really big feet. "
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" I absolutely love to relax and have fun. I like socializing; I like chatting. I like dancing, mixing with friends. "
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