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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?
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I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them.
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It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.
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Shaving half my head was a look that meant I could go punkier with my style.
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I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.
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There's a part of my heart that forever has Anne Boleyn written on it, who I played in 'The Tudors.'
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I screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York – New York helped give me my first big break.
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I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
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I would love to go to the Himalayas and cross over into Nepal to do the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
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'The Hunger Games' has something for everyone.
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I love my camera crews on all my jobs. It's the half of the job that the audience never gets to see. They're integral. They're as much a part of making a movie or television show as I am.
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I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone.
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My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
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I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.
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Fashion, historically, is how people make statements about themselves or communicate.
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I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success.
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Cutting one side of your head for a few months is not a big deal compared with what other people have to deal with in the world. Plus, hair grows back.
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I love cycling.
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As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush.
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A lot of boys in my poker circle are mathematicians who play on probability. I don't have that kind of brain, so I rely on instinct. But I recently found out that poker and cards in general go way back in my family gene pool.
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I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s.