Andrea Riseborough Quotes
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My grandparents were deeply affected by war, and it was obvious that the men who fought were horribly affected, as were the women who remained at home.
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It's hard for us to imagine, as humans, that we'll become less powerful. But it'll be healthier for the planet and for the eco-system if that does happen. If humans are going to merge with machines, then let's get on with it. I love humans, but I also love dinosaurs - I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have wanted them to die out, either.
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You can't tell what's going to fulfill you in different stages in your life.
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I think every work is hard in different ways.
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I've always been so confused about being a girl. Not in a Bruce Jenner way, just... there's that expectation where you walk into a room, and it's like, Is it OK to be a woman?' Or, you know, you're looking for your keys in the back of a cab, and sometimes the driver can treat you like you've had a lobotomy.
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When I was younger, I used to try to fit in, but now I'm much more comfortable with just being myself.
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I play myself every day, and it's quite boring.
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My face is almost like a canvas - a blank canvas in the sense that the hair on my face is very, very fine and my skin is incredibly fair and my hair is quite dark, and that's very unusual.
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I can walk into meetings now and ask for equal pay, and the people will listen to me. They may not give it to me, but I will be listened to. That's huge.
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I get scared of really simple things and not scared of big things.
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We all grew up aware of Agatha Christie; there is no writer more prolific than her in England.
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I really enjoy picking up the physical rhythm of somebody else, speaking with their voice. I've never done in anything in my own voice, and I can't imagine what that would be like. It would be weird, I guess.
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I'm very pragmatic.
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When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in.
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I'm interested in having a relationship with the world that's not my own.
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Sexual inappropriacy in my industry? Absolutely. Almost every week.
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I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.
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I don't relate to people that look like me. I find it deeply unsatisfying to play a version of myself. It was something I had to figure out really early on, when I was at RADA, because I was being cast, over and over again, as the young, virginal thing. When I left RADA, I was on an absolute mission to never wear make-up.
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I don't like getting dressed up. It's hard because as a woman, as an actor, the whole world wants you to enjoy dressing up.
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I think, sometimes, you can just get really burnt out on something you enjoy doing and feel like the sponge is completely wrung dry.
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Transformation as a female actor is allowed up to a certain extent - as long as they can still recognize you on a red carpet. For a woman to be a shape-shifter, and to be that malleable in spirit, is really not OK with the patriarchy.
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I'm still wearing Doc Martens. I'm sure that you can have a baby and wear Doc Martens, but... Maybe I'll be the first person to give birth in Doc Martens!
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'Venus,' which is a Roger Michell film - my first scene was with Peter O'Toole, and I cried. That was basically my part. I came in, cried in a white wig, and then left.
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I've worked with so few female directors.