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" It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too. "

Kaya Scodelario

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

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" 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. "

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

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" I love that kind of edgy, rock n' roll punk thing that we do so well in England. But my style adapts to where I am. When I'm in Los Angeles, suddenly I'm like, 'I need a sandal, and I need a beige dress, and I need some flowers in my hair.' "

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" I wasn't good at anything very much at school, but I did like drama. "

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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've just made a cancer drama, called 'Now Is Good,' directed by Ol Parker and starring Dakota Fanning. We filmed in Brighton and it's about a girl dying of leukemia, although it's not as depressing as it sounds. "

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" She had to play the role of mother and father at the same time, and she did it to perfection. I managed to find a way through because of her. My mother is my biggest inspiration. "

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

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" 'Southcliffe' is extremely dark. It's an extremely depressing, intense story, but the shoot was like being at Disneyland. It was unbelievably different from what we were filming. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" I'd like to think that even if I wasn't acting professionally, I would still be doing it for free. It helps me get through the day. "

Kaya Scodelario

" 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. "

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" Everyone asks, 'What's your goal? Do you want to win an Oscar? Do you want to work with Meryl Streep?' No! I want to buy my mum a house. I want to make her proud. "

Kaya Scodelario

" 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. "

Kaya Scodelario

" In England, there is this tradition of the upper classes going to very expensive drama schools and then going on having careers. I knew that wasn't an option for me. My mother would never have been able to afford that. "

Kaya Scodelario

" 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

" I was very hesitant about doing a period film. It was very much out of my comfort zone; I'd never done anything like that before. "

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" 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. "

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" Kids will pick up on weakness, and I was very shy growing up. I was skinny and flat-chested; I didn't have the latest clothes. For me, it was about being left out and not having any friends and being laughed at. I was very lonely, but that happens to so many people. "

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" I can't wait to take my son to see 'Wonder Woman' - I can't wait to show him all the female characters can be well-rounded people. "

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" I don't stay in accent or anything, but internally, I get quite dark and destroy myself a little bit. But that's what I do, and I enjoy it. It's how I do my work. "

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" 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. "

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

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" I don't know any women who are one-dimensional, so why would I play one? "

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" The best part about doing 'Wuthering Heights' was you were completely in that world. It could not have been done with CGI. You had to be there. "

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