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" Make-up is all about shading; it's about tactical application. "

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" As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers. "

" Dormer by name, Dormer by nature: I love to sleep. "

" I love my camera crews on all my jobs. It's the half of the job that the audience never gets to see. They're integral. They're as much a part of making a movie or television show as I am. "

" I've taken my clothes off enough in my career. "

" Being seduced by a man on crutches was an interesting experience. "

" I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York - New York helped give me my first big break. "

" I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph. "

" I try to stay consciously away from the roles of the girl who throws herself at the leading man, because I've done it a lot and I want to move on. I ticked that box. "

" As an actress, as you get older, you find yourself in a situation where you play mothers or women who are hoping to be mothers. "

" I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy. "

" There was a woman in Elizabeth I's court that happened to have the same family name as me. "

" I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s. "

" You can think what you like of Madonna - about her political choices and her PR - but you have to respect her courage not to let the critics stop her exploring her potential. "

" As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush. "

" I've always been a history lover. I've spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like. "

" I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality. "

" More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something! "

" I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance. "

" I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone. "

" I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage. "

" I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project. "

" Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it - we're troubadours and lead a troubadour's lifestyle. "

" There's a part of my heart that forever has Anne Boleyn written on it, who I played in 'The Tudors.' "

" I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully. "

" There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find? "

" The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men. "

" I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning. "

" My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan. "

" I'm a 'Blackadder' girl. "

" We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time. "