Talulah Riley Quotes
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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
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Ideally, I would like to play roles in as many classics as possible: 'Rebecca,' 'Hedda Gabler.' I'm fond of a corset.
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My dad is Scottish, and he read in the newspaper about the plight of the Scottish Freshwater Mussel, which is a real thing - like, a very real, serious conservation issue. And he's a writer, and he was going to do a film about a Glaswegian gangster, and then I stole the idea and turned it into a romantic comedy.
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Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.
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I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.
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I'm terribly, horribly shy.
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I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.
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I fantasised about becoming an author and wrote my first book at 18 - an introspective novel set in the 1920s.
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I have an existential crisis every time I walk into a bookshop, knowing that I'm not going to read all the books before I die.
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The things I wanted to do from a very early age - ie. get married and have children - precluded a lot of guys my own age from wanting to have anything to do with me.
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I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.
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I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.
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My parents used to call me 'The Little Frog,' because whenever they asked how I knew something, I'd say 'read it,' which sounds a bit like a frog croak.
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There's a real power in heels and a good dress.