Ella Purnell Quotes
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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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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I love to see a wood full of bluebells. Growing up in the Kent countryside, I have special memories of this brief annual spectacle.
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
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Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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Sometimes writing is hard. You know what’s not hard? Watching Netflix. That’s easy.
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When I think about somebody like Keira Knightley, whom I don't particularly know, I see somebody who is working hard, really trying to challenge herself and make smart choices in spite of people criticising her size and performances.
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I don't think a camera and a cameraman can destroy a family.
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A scientific prize is an ambiguous thing: it highlights an individual when we should highlight a collective effort, but I'm not alone.
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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.
