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" Your whole childhood is just absent of choices. And then you become an adult, and every choice you make, you open some doors and close others. "

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" It's really easy as an actor just starting out to get into the mindset that you only get one break. But my parents have shown me that's not true. "

" It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I act on those beliefs by going to marches and making a difference where I can. "

" If I wanted to do the same thing every day, I would have gone into a different profession. "

" I think success is when the way you talk about who you want to be and what you want to do lines up with who you are and what you do. I guess, by that, I mean I think success is practicing what you preach. "

" When I heard the BBC was making 'Little Women,' I rushed to audition. "

" The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed. "

" I've been sitting at the grown-ups' table my whole life. "

" In the first two projects I've worked on professionally, I've been doing ensemble work with other young women, which I think is pretty cool. And they both were directed by and written by women. It's been a wonderful experience of real ensemble support and women lifting each other up, and I feel really lucky for that. "

" In general, I feel very happy with how I got to have time on my own at least a little bit outside of the public eye. "

" There was a time that I would have carried a briefcase and worn a monocle were it to even border on socially acceptable. "

" You want to put out good vibes for the viewers, even if so many stories that have to be told and that need to be told have a lot of darkness in them, because the world has a lot of darkness in it. "

" I've never been interested in a career in modelling, I was interested in my independence. When I was in school, modelling was what I needed to reach independence without having to leave. "

" What I learned is you have to be forgiving with yourself. You have to be willing to take your time, and you can't expect things from yourself that you can't deliver. "

" I have a wonderful, supportive relationship with my family. I get lots of advice from them about all kinds of things. "

" Though I do believe that when you live in political times it is inevitable that your art be political, I also think we need to start making activists celebrities rather than trying to make celebrities to be activists. "

" I'm not particularly interested in my phone. I'm interested in human contact. I think phones have created a certain social incapacity; it's made people socially deficient. "

" I've always been kind of a voyeur. "

" My family is really supportive. We fight, and we talk, and we lie, and we tell the truth - not usually in that order - and I really enjoy growing with them and fostering that dynamic. "

" I really enjoyed shooting in Ireland. The people are so lovely. I hope I don't offend anyone in saying this, but the nature reminded me of Americans: everyone was warm and open and easy to talk to. And Ireland is so beautiful and lusciously green. "

" Style icons always change, and they usually inspire my haircuts more than anything else. "

" I was Jenny in 'Jenny and the School for Cats' when I was five years old. That was my first big break. Then I got to play the Artful Dodger in 'Oliver Twist,' and that was the most fun I've ever had. "

" I really struggled, growing up, with reading and writing. I had a hard time to do that, but I was really passionate about storytelling and about books. "

" When I discovered that, through acting, you can speak a beautiful language aloud and have a relationship to language that isn't one that's just eyes-to-page, pen-to-page - it's one that's full-bodied, full-voiced, full-heart... it really opened my heart and made me feel like I could be a storyteller. "

" When I was in my early and mid-teens, my style changed constantly. My clothing was inspired by 'Annie Hall' for a while, by a yoga teacher, a flower child, a pirate... name it. "

" I love my family. We have a very rich, complicated relationship. "

" Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see themselves in male characters. "

" I haven't always known I wanted to act. I wanted to be a farmer, an English professor, or an archaeologist. "

" Viola Davis, Patti Smith, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julianne Moore. I could go on forever listing names. However... my greatest inspirations have, without a doubt, been my teachers, friends, and family. "

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" One thing I've learned from my parents and from observing all the artists I've been lucky enough to grow up around is that you've got to be brave. "

" When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it. "