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" Politics is terrifying, very masculine, and not particularly encouraging to young blonde women - as a career, that is - and it was only when I was working in parliament that I thought to myself, 'Well, this is a tough industry; can an acting career be any more intimidating?' and I applied to drama school. "

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" My first role was an angel in the nursery nativity. I spotted my mum halfway through and shouted over someone else's lines to ask if she liked my costume. I've learnt not to do that now. "

Emily Berrington

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" I definitely, really appreciate that quality that humans like to show constantly, even without saying anything, that they're with you and they're processing something. "

" A family is definitely in my future, but I have no idea when. I don't know how people fit it in with an acting career, but they do. Katherine Parkinson is a great example of that, so I'll have to ask her. "

" I did a geography degree, and if you told me whilst I was ignoring my geography degree revision in order to watch another episode of '24' that one day I wouldn't need that geography degree and I'd actually be in '24,' I'd have been quite pleased, I think. "

Emily Berrington

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" You imagine that, going into such a huge American series, you will come up against a lot of egos, but it was the complete opposite on '24,' a dream team. "

" I literally can't get anywhere now without the map on my phone. I used to use an A-Z when I first came to London, and now I really struggle because there's no dot to show where I am. And I think that part of my brain doesn't work any more. "

" I do think I have a lesser ability to remember facts and names than I have done previously, because you never have to store them; you just look them up again. I could make the same recipe 15 times, but I'll never, ever remember how to make it because I'll just look it up. "

" I've never loved a character as much as I do Niska. The way she's been written is so complex, with huge amounts of light and dark. It's a really satisfying challenge to play someone who is superhuman in their intelligence and physical ability but completely naive when it comes to certain aspects of life. "

" I am more on the side of humans than robots. "

" It's my dream career to do as many different things as possible and for as long as possible, to stretch myself in as many different directions as I can. "

" I read recently that someone set up a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots in America. The idea being that if something robotic can have responsibilities then it should also have rights. "

Emily Berrington

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" A standard day usually starts very early - 4.30 A.M. pick-ups and in the make-up chair by 5.30. "

" I've taken that with me since working with him; in order to be William Hurt, you have use every moment like he does. "

" There's a fine line between something saving you time and replacing a bit of you that could be useful. I've certainly become more and more aware of that. "

" I knew, the second I read 'Humans,' that no matter how successful the show was, the script was superb and like nothing else I'd ever seen. "

Emily Berrington

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" I had a brilliant trip to Mexico with my friend Ellie during my gap year. We thought we were being really cool and going off the beaten track while all our friends went to Thailand and Australia. The first beachside bar we walked into - there were two girls from my sixth form in there. "

" As far as I'm aware, you can't tell if something is going to be successful. Brilliant scripts often don't get picked up, and terrible ones do all the time! "

" You meet people and go, 'We're going to be friends forever!' then you get home and can't even remember their name. "

" I've been reading a lot about what the Internet does to our brains. "

" Luckily, most days filming, for me, have involved a bit of a workout, too. "

" I will be very sad if I ever get to the point where I think, 'Oh no, another dress from Armani.' I want to be still screaming my head off when it arrives. "

" I literally can't talk without moving hands. "

" Even things like supermarket self-checkouts, they do mean people's jobs go. It's always worth thinking about the implications of things. Just because something's easier, it doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do. "

" I'm old and boring in London and get really tired around midnight. But in Berlin, I had this new lease of life because there's something electric about the place. "

" I was not a queen bee, ever. "

" You don't want to disappoint, or feel like you're trying to recreate the magic of something. "

Emily Berrington

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" I never thought I'd end up doing comedy, but actually, it's been something I've really relished the challenge of and ended up doing quite a bit of. "

" I love the make-up trailer. It's a great way to start the day, drinking coffee and singing along to Elvis with the make-up artists. They work wonders on a very sleepy face. "

" If there is an option to use a real human being and to have a chat with somebody and do your shopping that way, I do try and do that. "

" I was really into '24' at university, and it resulted in a lot of lost hours that could have been spent at the library. If you could have told me then I would be in it one day, I'd have hit the roof. "

Emily Berrington

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