The point of being a movie star is that people cast you in a role. Actors tie themselves in knots trying to… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I want people to think I'm sexy, but to know also that I've got an ordinary body and not feel intimidated. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I think if I was ever really going to be more serious about writing I'd have to try and find some way… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
If you're going to make great art, you have to make it at a huge cost - you have to be prepared… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
It's a sad fact that a lot of those countries who haven't been involved in the war in Iraq have taken far… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I always wanted to be funny and to please people in my family. As you grow up… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Female ambition is such a complicated thing to play because it is an aggressive quality, and people respond very badly to women… — 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
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
The language of freedom-fighting was so co-opted by the baby boomers in order to express their now-hopelessly compromised ideologies that no other… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Your desire to please... actors are people pleasers and if somebody says your vocal choice in this was ridiculous or whatever you… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I think it took a long time for me to realise that as much as I respect reviews and do engage with… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I try not to live in the future too much; that can make you crazy as an actor. There are so many… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
If you are a 19-year-old woman, there are very specific things that directors and the people in positions of power in the… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
Someone like David Tennant is able to embrace people's love for 'Doctor Who' in a totally positive way. I have huge admiration… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
There are people who you see on screen and think, 'Wow, that's a slim person,' and in the flesh they look nearly… — 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
