The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Normally, when you're working on something, there are other characters that you have alliances with, and you have unified goals with some… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do as a performer is to judge your character in any way, positively or negatively. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I am always naturally drawn to heroines that have human flaws because I enjoy people that have lived their life with courage… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
It's hard for actors to have to deal with the fact that they pour so much into their character, but the audience… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Women don't question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I've done a few costume dramas, and people say, 'What was it like wearing the costumes? Did they really help you with… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I think it is kind of important to direct someone so the character is appealing, but, as an actress, I find it… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
If you have the opportunity as an actor to control your career in any way, then you've won the jackpot. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I don't really want to play parts that I think are not fully developed or fleshed out, especially with female roles. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Increasingly, it's actresses doing the big fashion advertising campaigns, and now there's no distinction between actresses and models. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I would argue that something dark is lurking between the sexes, and that it is seeping out into cinema. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
When you're on stage, you build strong relationships with the actors, but it's a story you tell with the audience - you have to… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
It's hard for actors to have to deal with the fact that they pour so much into their character, but the audience might have… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to direct - I think that's a very different job. You have to be a very specific type of person to… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Our conception of 1950s underwear is a lovely vintage aesthetic, but actually, wearing stockings with no elastic and a girdle was heavy duty. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
