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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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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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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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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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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I never did like Cleveland. Don't know why. Didn't like the town. Now, the people are all right, but I just didn't like the town.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
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Black artists deserve the opportunity to create work without the burden of alleviating the social ills plaguing many black communities.
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I'm very proud of my skin and my face, and I have no problem not wearing makeup. I don't wear makeup because I feel like I need to cover myself up or because I don't feel confident. I wear makeup because it's fun; it's like painting on my face.
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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.
