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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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When I worked with Keira Knightley in 'Never Let Me Go,' I learned how to be classy and sophisticated.
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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 love pasta. It's something in the water. The pasta and the bread in New York are so good.
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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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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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I have anxiety and have had depression in the past.
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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.
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