For me, being onstage for an hour and a half, my confidence was really huge for me. Doing eight shows a week for a run.
AGYNESS DEYNMy mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I’d be like, ‘Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!
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Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.
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I just want to do whatever makes me happy…Like being totally conscious. Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do. Being with friends, having fun…being a bit daft.
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I’ve always been really private about my personal life. I don’t talk about it.
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I dress like a tomboy.
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A lot of stuff written about me is rubbish. I don’t know where they get it from, sometimes.
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I don’t know what to expect for the next thing. There are always different people. It’s interesting.
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For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way – or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.
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I can’t do modeling disconnected. And I thought, “What do I like? What do I love about modeling?”
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Everything about acting drives me and gives me the need to really try it. It’s an evolution – doing the same thing for 12 years is kind of a chunk.
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I never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.
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I don’t expect that because I was successful in one field that I will then get a ride of passage into another.
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I love ‘Breathless,’ and ‘Paris, Texas,’ and ‘Badlands.’
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I dont have that many friends.
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I’m all alone. There has been no man in my life for several months now and although it would be nice to have a boyfriend.
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I don’t really see myself as a big supermodel.
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I was obsessed with those films in my teens. I remember watching ‘Badlands’ and being amazed that there were these scenes in which nobody said anything and the silence told the whole story.
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Something just happens. Everything changes for a reason.
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I want to play positive role models – women who mean something to other women.
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I get on with all my exes, so there’s nothing I need to forget about. I don’t know – life is shorter than it seems.
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I’ve never had formal drama-school training; I’ve just picked things up as I’ve gone along.
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It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That’s how I feel about Meryl Streep.
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I’d like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.
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And what I love is that it’s such a creative process, with a bunch of people, and I wanted that more, which is how the acting thing came about.
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I suppose each project is a new thing, so there’s all this excitement and nerves about this new thing.
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I’m like a boomerang, I always come back.
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I had a really small role (playing goddess Aphrodite), and I was only working for just over a week with Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson.
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