I always say, as an actor you're only as good as your last job. — Rebecca Root Actor Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to separate a career trajectory from a change in industry expectation and audience demand. — Rebecca Root Audience Copy Share Image
For me, and most actors I know, doing background research is an essential part of 'finding a character.' — Rebecca Root Character Copy Share Image
I want to carry on moving the conversation about transitioning forward in an open and comfortable way. — Rebecca Root Communication Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I'm nowhere near close to the star power of a Redmayne or Sevigny, and that's just… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Real inclusiveness begins with employing people in actual jobs - not just having them in for a chat and cup of tea. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
My transition was imperative to the preservation of my sanity and to my health well-being. — Rebecca Root Health Copy Share Image
I've certainly encountered prejudice. An awful lot of people do get upset if they 'clock' that I'm trans. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I would rather feel elegant in a low heel than tower above everybody. — Rebecca Root Elegant Copy Share Image
Before I transitioned, I was double-acting, if that makes sense. I was acting being a guy, and I was employed as a… — Rebecca Root Acting Copy Share Image
When I was transitioning, I had laser hair removal on my face as well as my chest, underarms, bikini line, arms and… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
A lot of people ask, 'Why do we need labels?' But everybody calls themselves something. Some people describe themselves as gender-fluid or… — Rebecca Root Gender Copy Share Image
The number of trans people coming through is phenomenal. So that the talent is there. There are people there. Casting directors and… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Since the transition, being comfortable in my skin and content with who I am and with my life - I think my… — Rebecca Root Acting Copy Share Image
A lot of cis people feel unable to discuss being attracted to trans women, and worry that some people will think they… — Rebecca Root Being Copy Share Image
Where comedy works best is where it does something unexpected and seeks to shed a different light on something which you haven't… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Speaking to a lot of trans people, and I know from my own experience, when you transition, our greatest fear is rejection… — Rebecca Root Experience Copy Share Image
We study the character's education and social experience, their likes, dislikes and places they have lived. How they speak, and so on.… — Rebecca Root Actor Copy Share Image
Where 'Boy Meets Girl' succeeds so brilliantly is it does make people think about something different and it doesn't make being transgender… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't consider the name. People who are not trans think of possible surgeries... and they think about what's… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
It's a tough one because some comedians and some genres of comedy seek to shock or offend, or make somebody say, 'woah,… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
Sexual orientation had its moment, ethnic minorities had their moment. And when you see someone of black or ethnic minority background in… — Rebecca Root Drama Copy Share Image
My parents are brilliant, and they've never been anything other than supportive. But my mum, when I told them that I changed… — Rebecca Root Cup of tea Copy Share Image
The BBC should reflect the lives of the rainbow gendered because that's what we pay it to do. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
If my career really takes off, I'll buy my wonderful parents a nice little house and a buy-to-let investment for myself. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
There's an expectation of producers and writers and directors perhaps, that trans people only want to play trans. — Rebecca Root Actors Copy Share Image
The public need a name to sell the movie and that's just the nature of the industry. — Rebecca Root Film Copy Share Image
The whole thing with the E.U. and Britain voting to leave has been devastating. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I think society will always regard somebody who is slightly outside the norm with a certain curiosity. — Rebecca Root Curiosity Copy Share Image
There is good in the world and even if you don't see it on a daily basis, it is there. — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I think I'm getting more work because there are more parts being written, trans parts certainly. — Rebecca Root Being Copy Share Image
