"My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done."
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"I'm drawn to damaged, complicated characters."
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"I was kind of overwhelmed by the idea that we are just balls of energy and that we have imposed terms on feelings."
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"What really excites me is the unknown, and getting to grips with something you have no idea about."
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"For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them going."
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"It was really fun to play the woman in charge and in control. She's powerful and she uses the aspects of being a woman. She uses her sexuality as a weapon."
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"I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself."
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"I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most."
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"I simply want to take a break and catch my breath. But I also think that, sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is to deliberately keep some time free and see what the world throws at you."
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"Even now, for women to be contemplating the act of ending their life is considered horrific because they are the giver of life. They're seen in a patriarchal society as the one who offers life and has to nurture a child and have a child within them. That's your only role."
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