Vanessa Kirby Quotes
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Acting is a very weird job. But if you know you're an actor, you just have to do it. You can't do anything else.
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I did The 'Acid Test' at the Royal Court, by Anya Reiss, who's the most wonderful, amazing female writer. She was only 19 when she wrote it. She wrote it about three girls in a flat on a Friday night, and that was magic because it was so rare to have three girls in your age group in a play. It just doesn't happen.
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When you see yourself on a 40-ft. screen. you go, 'Oh My God! I look so weird!'
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You are what you think. I really believe that. And I don't think you ever stop doubting yourself.
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Chris McQuarrie cast me in 'Mission Impossible' because he'd seen 'The Crown' and loved it.
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I always look at actresses who I most respect, and they make me think that you can make a choice in life. It's whether or not you choose to go down the route of publicising your personal life. I choose not to.
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I never want to make any characters one-dimensional, especially as women can often be portrayed as the dark one or the evil one.
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Some of my favourite characters have been people like Masha in 'Three Sisters' and Elena in 'Uncle Vanya.'
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Peter Morgan's writing is so much about what you don't say: you're saying one thing but there's 10 other things going on, and those are the best writers like Chekhov... they're masters at a sort of naturalism, and yet there is all the subtext.
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Just simple things - I like black and white, monochrome; I like suits.
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I'm not interested in being known for anything other than the work.
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My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved Shakespeare, and he took us to tons of theater.
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I don't see the point of grumpy people.
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I thought, 'If I go to uni, I can read and watch people and take many different subjects - take philosophy modules - and have time to travel in the summers,' which I did. I thought, 'I hope this will make me a better actor,' and it did.
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I do tend to find when you're playing characters, often - just for the time you're playing them - there are sides of your personality that get stronger because you draw on them more.
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I went to a very academic school, but I never really quite... I think because not that many people were particular creative or arty, I felt a little bit different.
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I've played a lot of untalented people.
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What your insides are doing, your outside reflects, and what you give to yourself, you can give to others.
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I always saw myself as a stage actress, and that was the reason I wanted to act, but very slowly, I've changed.
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Trying to balance theatre and film is really important to me.
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I've got a really tight group of friends from university and school who help me forget what I do and keep me grounded.
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I'm interested in what stops people getting what they want.
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Growing up, the image I had of Princess Margaret was completely different. I knew that she was a slightly tragic figure, but I didn't know why. Now, I love her with my all my heart. She was such an amazing person, and getting to 'know' her better was an honor.
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My thoughts are ridiculously loud and fast.