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" 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. "

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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. "

Kaya Scodelario

Girl

Parent

Immigrant

" I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something! "

" 'Skins' was such a great platform for young actors. They had this whole thing about getting people who weren't trained, this new generation, this new culture. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Kaya Scodelario

New

Background

" I consider myself a Londoner first, and then I consider myself Brazilian before I consider myself English. "

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

" I think, like every actor, you've just to pick what you're interested in. "

Kaya Scodelario

Just

You

" I really take a lot of influence from London style. "

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

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

" I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy. "

Kaya Scodelario

Edgy

Different

" There are so many things that you're supposed to conform to as an actress. Keep your mouth shut. Look pretty. Be a fashionista. I'm not stylish. I don't want to become this character. "

" The moors have this weird energy. They trap you. "

" I love my job every day. So whether it's for four years or for two weeks, it's still... And when you're working on a set, it feels like a family straight away. "

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

" The way I work, I didn't hold the accent all day. "

" Do the little things that make you feel normal and happy, even if that's just getting in your pyjamas and watching 'X Factor' at the weekend. "

" 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. "

" My mum has told me that I have to work with Antonio Banderas just so that she can meet him and try and marry him. "

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

" I didn't tell anyone in school that I was going to be in 'Skins.' I was terrified of them putting me down. "

Kaya Scodelario

Terrified

Down

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

" I'm lucky to have fallen into this trade, and I'm still fighting to stay in it. "

" I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here. "

" 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. "