Vanessa Kirby Quotes
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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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I doubt myself a lot but go forward at full throttle anyway.
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Love whoever you want to love.
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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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I'm interested in what stops people getting what they want.
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I wanted to do theatre - it has always been my thing.
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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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My thoughts are ridiculously loud and fast.
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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've played a lot of untalented people.
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I'm not interested in being known for anything other than the work.
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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 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 don't see the point of grumpy people.
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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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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 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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Just simple things - I like black and white, monochrome; I like suits.
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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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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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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 parents would always take me to the theatre, and I was bored a lot of the time. Loads of Shakespeare, and I didn't know what the hell was going on. And then, when I was 13, we went to see 'The Cherry Orchard,' and it changed everything for me.
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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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As a person, I'm incredibly overfamiliar. I have to be careful what I say!