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" I'm blessed with being quite secure - not necessarily about my looks, but if someone says, 'I don't like what you're wearing,' I am never going to go and cry about it. I think that does come with age, though. "

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" I'd like to be smart, fun, and real. It's very easy to just put together a pretty dress, some heels, and some jewels. I don't want to be that girl. It's all about being brave, taking risks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. "

Ella Purnell

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" Twenty is a hard time. It doesn't matter what profession you're in or how much experience you have, you're always going to be haunted by this feeling of failing. It's terrifying. "

" I think passion in a physical way goes hand in hand with taste and smell. "

" I did a bit of baby modeling. I loved it. "

" The real friends are the ones who celebrate with you. "

" I didn't really have idols growing up, but some of my friends were huge fangirls. "

" It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that. "

" All women are strong, and we don't need to write stronger female roles; what we need to start writing is real women that have emotions and have real-life thoughts. "

" The world is changing, and you have to keep up with the way the world is changing as well as your own expectations that you set for yourself or that your family might set you. "

" I used to think fashion was silly, and now I think it can be one of the purest expressions of art. "

" I want to be a part of a movie that changes people's conceptual framework, and suddenly you see things in a different way. "

" When I got to know Margot Robbie on the set of 'The Legend of Tarzan,' I learned just how important it is to be lovely to everyone you meet. "

" I have anxiety and have had depression in the past. "

" The 1950s is my favourite era. "

" Whenever anybody asked me, 'Who is your number one director to work with?' I would always say Tim Burton. "

Ella Purnell

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" I love movies where you can tell who's directed it even before the credits roll in, like Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantino. People who make very stylized types of film. "

" I don't know any 21-year-old who's not having an existential crisis. "

" Social media can be so damaging. "

" Amy Winehouse is one of my biggest inspirations. "

" If someone says I can't do something, I always think I'm going to totally do this to annoy you. "

" What I love about this job is it's literally a different day every single day, isn't it? One day you're a nurse, the next day you're in a band - you can just make it up. I'm just a big kid, and that's really what this job is - just playing dress-up every day. "

" Moving to New York is a big, brave thing to do. "

" I don't think there was any point where I was like, 'I want to be an actor for the rest of my life.' The nice thing about being a kid is you don't have to make those decisions. Then all of a sudden, you blink, and you're 18. "

" There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves. "

" I'm really interested in food now. I never used to be. I always used to just eat when I'm hungry, and now it's an experience. "

" I had quite a bit of experience doing things that had been adapted from a book and playing real-life characters and playing the younger version of actors. That's kind of my thing. "

" I always feel like sugar cubes aren't big enough. "

" I don't want to inspire people to look pretty and buy makeup. I want to inspire them to knit scarves for Syrian refugees. "

" Keira Knightley remains one of my mentors. I absolutely love her and will turn to her for industry advice or reassurance or validation at any time. She is very classy and elegant and lovely. I have a bit of a woman-crush on Keira. "

" The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch. "