Olivia Colman Quotes

I love my job and I know I am very lucky but still, if you audition and you don't get it, it still affects you.

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• I love my job and I know I am very lucky but still, if you audition and you don't get it, it still affects you.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Job
  • Know
  • Lucky