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" What I love about this job is it's literally a different day every single day, isn't it? One day you're a nurse, the next day you're in a band - you can just make it up. I'm just a big kid, and that's really what this job is - just playing dress-up every day. "

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" I don't think there was any point where I was like, 'I want to be an actor for the rest of my life.' The nice thing about being a kid is you don't have to make those decisions. Then all of a sudden, you blink, and you're 18. "

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" When I worked with Keira Knightley in 'Never Let Me Go,' I learned how to be classy and sophisticated. "

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" I've acted for as long as I can remember, really. "

" At 9, I started taking classes at Sylvia Young Theatre School. One day, they asked if I wanted to join their agency. You get in if you're cute, I guess. "

" I have anxiety and have had depression in the past. "

" I'd like to be smart, fun, and real. It's very easy to just put together a pretty dress, some heels, and some jewels. I don't want to be that girl. It's all about being brave, taking risks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. "

" It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that. "

" The real friends are the ones who celebrate with you. "

" There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves. "

" I think it's really hard for filmmakers to adapt books. "

" I can't just pretend to be someone else all my life. I have to mix it up. "

" The 1950s is my favourite era. "

" What I use when I'm acting comes from what I learn about myself. "

" I don't want to inspire people to look pretty and buy makeup. I want to inspire them to knit scarves for Syrian refugees. "

" I had quite a bit of experience doing things that had been adapted from a book and playing real-life characters and playing the younger version of actors. That's kind of my thing. "

" I can do a really good animal impression! I'm great at ducks, cats, dogs, and occasionally dolphins. "

" I used to think fashion was silly, and now I think it can be one of the purest expressions of art. "

" I'm blessed with being quite secure - not necessarily about my looks, but if someone says, 'I don't like what you're wearing,' I am never going to go and cry about it. I think that does come with age, though. "

" I always feel like sugar cubes aren't big enough. "

" I'm really interested in food now. I never used to be. I always used to just eat when I'm hungry, and now it's an experience. "

" I love movies where you can tell who's directed it even before the credits roll in, like Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantino. People who make very stylized types of film. "

" I love pasta. It's something in the water. The pasta and the bread in New York are so good. "

" Moving to New York is a big, brave thing to do. "

" I didn't really have idols growing up, but some of my friends were huge fangirls. "

" Social media can be so damaging. "

" That's something I want to do: cover all sorts of genres to find the one I love most. "

" When I got to know Margot Robbie on the set of 'The Legend of Tarzan,' I learned just how important it is to be lovely to everyone you meet. "

" The world is changing, and you have to keep up with the way the world is changing as well as your own expectations that you set for yourself or that your family might set you. "

" I don't know any 21-year-old who's not having an existential crisis. "

" I'm very fortunate that I really like acting, but it's not all I want to do. I love to sing. I love blues. I love jazz. "

Ella Purnell

Acting

Jazz