Vanessa Kirby

Chris McQuarrie cast me in 'Mission Impossible' because he'd seen 'The Crown' and loved it.

— Vanessa Kirby

I've always been so uninterested in playing any kind of archetype of some pure, innocent, virginal woman. I just don't believe it.

— Vanessa Kirby

I remember somebody saying something to me about Frost/Nixon, when Anthony Hopkins does his famous speech, and the difference in the way…

— Vanessa Kirby

Everybody has an image of [princess Margaret], to a certain extent. But I felt it would have been harder if we were…

— Vanessa Kirby

I don't see the point of grumpy people.

— Vanessa Kirby

When I was auditioning for drama school and looking for a monologue, it was all, 'I'm whinging about my period or my…

— Vanessa Kirby

Growing up, the image I had of Princess Margaret was completely different. I knew that she was a slightly tragic figure, but…

— Vanessa Kirby

I'm interested in what stops people getting what they want.

— Vanessa Kirby

I love the idea of being an Aries.

— Vanessa Kirby

I watched her do speeches, but the only footage we could find of [princess] Margaret was archive footage, which was of her…

— Vanessa Kirby

At the same time, [princess Margaret] had a fragility and an insecurity in who she was and her position, because her sister…

— Vanessa Kirby

To play anybody real and famous is very scary.

— Vanessa Kirby

[Princess Margaret] was loud, an extrovert, an exhibitionist, loved fashion, loved color, loved music, loved drama, loved the theater, wanted to be…

— Vanessa Kirby

When you see yourself on a 40-ft. screen. you go, 'Oh My God! I look so weird!'

— Vanessa Kirby

My thoughts are ridiculously loud and fast.

— Vanessa Kirby

Trying to balance theatre and film is really important to me.

— Vanessa Kirby

I wanted to do theatre - it has always been my thing.

— Vanessa Kirby

That external struggle mirrors the struggle of this life force of energy that [princess Margaret] was.

— Vanessa Kirby

When I first started doing screen work, I thought, 'I'm not beautiful enough for this profession - all the actresses I watch…

— Vanessa Kirby

I always look at actresses who I most respect, and they make me think that you can make a choice in life.…

— Vanessa Kirby

I've got a really tight group of friends from university and school who help me forget what I do and keep me…

— Vanessa Kirby

I became completely obsessed with the Royal family, or at least the psychology behind them.

— Vanessa Kirby

It was always said you couldn't have two sisters less alike. In a way [princess] Elizabeth was always internalizing everything and [princess]…

— Vanessa Kirby

As I'm getting older, I feel like maybe I need to grow up a bit.

— Vanessa Kirby

I just love people. I love them a lot.

— Vanessa Kirby