Samantha Morton

On paper, it looks rough, but I had a great childhood.

— Samantha Morton

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show…

— Samantha Morton

If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night…

— Samantha Morton

Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.

— Samantha Morton

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's…

— Samantha Morton

We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone…

— Samantha Morton

The more visionary the idea, the more people it leaves behind.

— Samantha Morton

I had literally the time of my life, and thought, "Wow. Television doesn't seem to be as crazy as it was when…

— Samantha Morton

I am proud of what I've done.

— Samantha Morton

It's fantastic to strive towards a nice life where you eat nice organic food and your children go to a nice school…

— Samantha Morton

I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened…

— Samantha Morton

I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in…

— Samantha Morton

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I…

— Samantha Morton

The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.

— Samantha Morton

Coming back into television, I was very, very wary about committing to anything that could potentially take a long time. I don't…

— Samantha Morton

I was physically abused and I retaliated.

— Samantha Morton

It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.

— Samantha Morton

What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution…

— Samantha Morton

I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people -…

— Samantha Morton

The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's…

— Samantha Morton

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

— Samantha Morton

I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst,…

— Samantha Morton

Youve got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even…

— Samantha Morton

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

— Samantha Morton

It's more important for me to feel content than to be famous.

— Samantha Morton