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"It makes me sad to hear girls constantly putting themselves down. We have these unbelievably high expectations of ourselves, when actually we're human beings and our bodies have a function."
"With 'Harry Potter,' I've been all over the world. I probably wouldn't have gone to New York so young if it weren't for the films."
"I don't really buy designer stuff. I have a few nice things, but I don't really have the occasion to wear couture too often."
"Make-up is actually something I've always really loved."
"Acting never was about the money for me... Maybe in 10 years, I'll be able to appreciate the fact that I am financially stable and independent and I don't have to make bad choices. I can be very picky."
"I've always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad. You need to have normal experiences of your own."
"I've had so many moments where seeing other women be fully and truly and authentically themselves, and express that, has given me permission. Once you see it happening, you're like, "Oh, I have permission to do that, too.""
"I'm aware that I'm kind of a paradox, and at times a bit ill-suited to my profession. But there's something that brings me back. There's something in me that feels like I have to do this, that this is what I'm meant to be doing. If I didn't feel this way, I wouldn't do it. But it's full of contradictions, for sure."
"For an actor, it is better to play well (or even not so well) in a bad film, than to not play at all."
"Whenever I've gone against my instincts, it's been a bit of a disaster. If there's a script I'm considering, I will get everyone to read it. I will get my mom to read it, I will get my friends to read it, I'll get the person doing my manicure to read it. I'm someone who really needs to talk things through. And then, obviously, I have a wonderful manager and agents, and I listen very carefully to what they have to say as well."
"As I've got older, and since I cut all my hair off, I've felt a bit more liberated about trying different things out."
"It's quite stressful knowing that every time you walk out the door, someone is going to be giving you a very good look up and down, judging everything you wear."
"But sometimes I've felt a little constrained by that idea of who I'm meant to be."
"Field hockey is my strongest sport, and if I lose a game, I take a long, hot bath and moan about it."
"It sounds so geeky, but I really do like studying and reading, and if I'm not working on 'Harry Potter,' then my greatest relaxation is to sit with a book."
"I think there's this idea that lipstick is something quite old or something you'd only wear at night."
"I genuinely haven't really had a rebellious phase. I think it's just because of the way I was brought up. I think it's because I left home when I was ten years old."
"If I hadn't done 'Harry Potter,' I would have gone and done years of art. I really do love it, and I'd love to write."
"Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy."
"It's very hard to describe your own style. And I'm young, so I'm still experimenting. But I think it's quite British and very much about individuality."