Jessie Buckley Quotes
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I love the flaws and foibles of people - I'm much more interested in that than perfections.
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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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With regards to pressure, you can't be too conscious of it.
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I am incredibly lucky. I worked hard for my luck as well. I have made choices to do things because I wanted them to do them, not because they were the right thing to do.
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When I was younger, about 15, I suffered badly from depression.
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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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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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'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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It is a little weird seeing photographs from parties where you didn't even know a photographer was there.
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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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Sometimes you meet characters at certain points in your life and have a connection with them.
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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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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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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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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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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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I want film stories to provoke a question in people about what's going on emotionally around them and empower them in some way or ask them about themselves.
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I remember hearing that when Judi Dench was starting out at the Old Vic, she used to stand by the side of the stage watching the actors around her, and I can see why: That is where you really learn!
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I can't help who I fall in love with.
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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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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 am such a gypsy.
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I think I'd make a good James Bond... I'm joking.