Jessie Buckley Quotes
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I did it all, singing, the harp, piano. But I was so shy, I'd wake up at six to practice piano because I didn't want anyone to hear me play. But then I'd do a big show in school where everyone would see me, and that was actually alright.
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I think Wilkie Collins was a man ahead of his time, asking really important questions but also telling a really good and thrilling story.
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I'm quite glad about having a few craggy edges to myself.
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With regards to pressure, you can't be too conscious of it.
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Dad would always play Ray Charles in the car on the way to swimming, then we'd sing musicals. Now my heroes are Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt and Max Richter.
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When I was younger, about 15, I suffered badly from depression.
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'War and Peace' is about relationships: family relationships, loving relationships, relationships at war... it's a really young story as well.
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I really value my anonymity and privacy.
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My mum is a singer and harpist, and my dad writes fantastic poetry, so we've grown up around a lot of words and music.
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Ideally, when you play a character, she goes away with half of you, and you go away with half of her. And you learn something.
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I get asked a lot about being a woman within the industry and how difficult it is, and yeah, it is - but it's difficult for everybody... I'm not a 'burn-your-bra' feminist.
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I'd had to grow up pretty quickly, and going back to drama school gave me a chance to be with people my own age and do normal things, like going to a pub on a Friday night and just hanging out.
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When you're surrounded by brilliant actors, and teachers who challenge you to go beyond what you thought you were capable of, that's got to be good for you.
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It is a little weird seeing photographs from parties where you didn't even know a photographer was there.
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You can play women who have a face on or who zip something up, but you have to dig deeper to actually find the humanity and real aspects.
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There have been moments in my life when I've become numb to certain aspects of myself that I found frightening. Or I've conformed to certain morals of society and then maybe rebelled or found a way out.
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I love London, but I miss air; I miss space. My dream is to find a mountain where I can live.
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Sometimes you meet characters at certain points in your life and have a connection with them.
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I don't like to get too complacent. I like to give myself five panic attacks per project.
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I just know that making 'Beast' was an amazing experience. It was my first feature, it was the director's first feature, and every day, you're just trying to do good work and learn.
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I am such a gypsy.
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Christmas in the Buckley household is hilarious - at the family dinner, we all have to do a song, no matter if you can sing in tune.
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We've all, you know, done things that we think at the time were bad, but actually, in hindsight, you look back and go, 'I'm really grateful that happened because I'm a stronger person.'
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I can't help who I fall in love with.