Samantha Morton Quotes
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.
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I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.
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Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.
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It's important to have masculine energy around your child.
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I like to stretch my acting muscles.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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It's not about the money with me.
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On paper, it looks rough, but I had a great childhood.
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It's not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that.
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I wanted to make a film - and I've been wanting to do this for 16 years - about life in care, and bring it to the public's attention, because I had never seen anything, on TV or in the cinema, which said: 'This is how it feels to be a kid in care'.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.
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My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!
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You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play it.
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What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution and drugs, and it is a vicious circle. That's what we need to change.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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I was physically abused and I retaliated.
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My name can raise money on a small-budget film.
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It's more important for me to feel content than to be famous.
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The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's not something I have to do. It's not a vocation.
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I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.