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" I've always thought of myself as more of a character actress. I've tried to do different things, but I've always been under the radar and that's how I like it. I've been really blessed to work this long and I just hope I continue to get better and better and better and better. "

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" Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff. "

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" I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself. "

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" I've already started saying that I'm 30 when I'm still 29. That way, I'm already there. "

" At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in. "

" I'm ambitious but I'm not particularly competitive. I'll try to get roles, as I think it's healthy to go for things, but... I think there's too much competition between women already. It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses. "

" The British are so funny. "

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" My parents were so relaxed by the time I was growing up that I got away with a lot more. "

" The British are so funny. It's like they can't believe I lived in Hackney. 'You could live in Bondi Beach. Why would you want to live in 'Ackney?' But Hackney's fantastic. I'm serious. There are so many artists there. I loved the markets, the parks, the pubs, the diversity. It was a cultural melting-pot. "

" I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach. "

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" They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing. "

" I used to go to rave parties, too, but I was never savvy with techno. "

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Never

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" Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering. "

" Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like. "

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" TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs to be pushed and have someone on my case a little bit, so I suffer from that. "