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" You get those couples who are very fearful of bringing children into the mix because they feel like somehow that link between them as a couple is going to somehow dissolve or become less powerful or whatever. And that somehow the child is going to disrupt their happy stage. "

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" I certainly relish the chance to play a woman who didn't have to conform in any way ever to expected behavior or desirable behavior or attractive behavior. "

Rosamund Pike

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Woman

" And I like the look on people's faces when I say I'm doing this movie called Pride and Prejudice and they kind of smile, and then I say I'm in a movie called Doom and they kind of do a double take and try and put the two things together. And they never quite manage to. "

" If someone makes you feel wrong-footed, you're unlikely to find them witty. "

" I've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that. "

" I do know that the key to anything good is feeling relaxed and free. That's the main thing that you can offer yourself as an actor. "

" Sometimes it irks when people come up in the street and say, 'Oh I'm a huge James Bond fan' - when you obviously want them to be a fan of your work in particular. "

" I didn't know where film came from when I was under 10. I just thought I'd be a stage actress. I always knew money would be tough, but that never frightened me. "

Rosamund Pike

Always

Tough

" I'd like to do Nicole Diver in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Tender Is the Night,' if that ever gets made. "

" Feminism will never reach the next stage until women stop competing with each other on the level of looks. "

" I have worked with three female first assistant directors - on 'Hostiles,' 'Gone Girl,' and a short film, 'The Human Voice,' and they have all been exceptional. "

" I never thought I'd make any money at all doing this business. Film was never even on the cards. "

" I work in the entertainment industry, and I like to be entertained. "

Rosamund Pike

Entertainment

Industry

" What's so great about 'Gone Girl' is the conversations it provokes. "

" I just hope and pray that I never get threatened by younger actresses coming up behind me. I hope I won't, but you never know what's going to hit you. "

" Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can be for an actor is to walk up the street and observe human nature. "

" I think it's one of the great enrichments of life, romance. "

" When the eyes are on you for the first time, you can't believe that people aren't criticising you. "

" You just never know who's going to have chemistry. You can put two of the sexiest people in the world together, and they could be completely flat. "

" I've often felt I don't belong quite wherever I am. "

" There are certainly contemporaries that I admire, like Emily Blunt. I think she is amazing. "

" Looking back, I just think I was a really average sort of girl. "

" When I was about 21, everyone thought I was about 30. "

" Any actress - goodness, we're lucky to be working. We all know that. There are few parts, a few good ones. "

" I think when you are an only child, parents are more protective and fearful because they've only got one of you. I was not allowed to do a lot of things that, if I'd been, say, number three, I would have. "

" You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to. "

" I'd really love to live in New York for awhile. That's what I'm hoping to do. "

" As a woman, you feel that you shouldn't want to better yourself against others. Ambition has become such an ugly word, hasn't it? "

" It is interesting to break all the rules. I'm not married, I have a baby, and it feels infinitely more right. "

Rosamund Pike

Interesting

Baby

" Some women can feel under-qualified due to a general lack of confidence whereas, in fact, they are uniquely qualified. "

" When you're about to get married, and then you're not, it's all a big shock. You think, 'Well, okay, so I'm never going to lead a totally conventional life now.' "