Always Quote by Romola Garai

If you have the opportunity as an actor to control your career in any way, then you've won the jackpot.

— Romola Garai

I don't really want to play parts that I think are not fully developed or fleshed out, especially with female roles.

— Romola Garai

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

Increasingly, it's actresses doing the big fashion advertising campaigns, and now there's no distinction between actresses and models.

— Romola Garai

I would argue that something dark is lurking between the sexes, and that it is seeping out into cinema.

— Romola Garai

You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.

— Romola Garai

The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character.

— Romola Garai

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

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

We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight.

— Romola Garai

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

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