Kelly Reilly Quotes
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Acting has always been such escapism for me.
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I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.
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I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.
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I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.
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I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.
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Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.
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My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.
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I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.
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My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.
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You put yourself on tape as an actor a lot - and you send them off, they go out into the ether, and you have no idea what's going to come back, or when.
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My dad is such a good man, hard-working.
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Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.
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Every job feels like my first.
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I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.
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Women do well in their thirties. They put their bags down and say, 'This is who I am - like it or lump it.' There is a more relaxed quality, which I like.
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I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.
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Literally, I don't know where life is gonna go from one day to the next, and that's as exciting as it is tiring.
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The reason I act is because I'm trying to understand why people are as they are.
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I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.
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The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to be counted among some of those actresses... It doesn't get better than that.
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It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.
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As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.
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There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often.
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I'm a theater actress. I love rehearsal. I could have six weeks of rehearsal and think it's not enough. But on film, you don't get that luxury.