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" There is magic in Scotland. It's country with a lot of pride and bravery. I feel lucky to have been born into that. "

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" I was a really girly girl when I was younger. I only wore pink until I was at least 12. Think of me in culottes with a Bagpuss T-shirt and frizzy hair. Oh, and I was a fat child. It was bad news. "

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" I had a ridiculously idyllic childhood. I think back and am like, 'Wow. I was so naive, in the best way.' "

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" I would ask my mum to feed my dolls and make sure they were tucked in when I went to school. "

" When I've known something is right, the actual doing of it is not scary. It's like being onstage or performing. After it and before it, there might be a lot of fear, but the act of it is never scary for me. "

" I went to school at Juilliard, and most of our training there is the classics, and as much as I thrive in contemporary, weird, experimental work, I really am excited about finding a pioneer woman or something from a different era that I could really sink my teeth into. "

" I always get compared to looking like a silent movie star - though I don't know if that's a compliment, honestly. "