Ella Purnell Quotes
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I've acted for as long as I can remember, really.
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I think passion in a physical way goes hand in hand with taste and smell.
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That's something I want to do: cover all sorts of genres to find the one I love most.
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I didn't really have idols growing up, but some of my friends were huge fangirls.
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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.
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If someone says I can't do something, I always think I'm going to totally do this to annoy you.
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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.
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There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves.
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When you're growing up, the most important thing is to try to not change yourself too much. Be you, because everyone else is taken.
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The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch.
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Moving to New York is a big, brave thing to do.
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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.
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Amy Winehouse is one of my biggest inspirations.
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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.
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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.
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I don't know any 21-year-old who's not having an existential crisis.
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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.
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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 love pasta. It's something in the water. The pasta and the bread in New York are so good.
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I can't just pretend to be someone else all my life. I have to mix it up.
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I think it's really hard for filmmakers to adapt books.
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I used to think fashion was silly, and now I think it can be one of the purest expressions of art.
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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.
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I don't want to inspire people to look pretty and buy makeup. I want to inspire them to knit scarves for Syrian refugees.