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" You have an awareness of your body and how to use it and I think that if you can embody a character physically it's another really useful tool. "

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" I rarely meet other young actors. "

" The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character. "

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" Someone once told me to believe 5 percent of what everybody tells you. "

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" You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings. "

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" Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down. "

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" I like characters who remind me of someone I know. "

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" I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again. "

" I was shy at school. "

" When you look at magazines, you feel so inadequate and so small and you feel really imperfect, when you're constantly seeing these images. "

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" I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me. "