My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood. — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
I'd always try to get a C, maybe a B. Other girls would trot off a brilliant essay and go off to Oxford; I'd think: 'Where is the justice?' I took A-levels in English, history and theatre studies and got… — 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
