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 wouldn't want to direct - I think that's a very different job. You have to be a very specific type of… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
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
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
I was 20 years old when, despite mass protests against military action, Iraq was invaded in 2003 - it didn't make for… — 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
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
There's no way I could ring up a company that was lending me a red-carpet dress and say, 'Do you have it… — 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
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
I'm an actor. And like a lot of actors, it's very important that everybody loves you all the time. — 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
There are American directors I'd really like to work with, but I don't know how much I want to be sitting in… — 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
