Romola Garai
Romola Garai
Romola Sadie Garaiis an English actress, writer, director. She is known for appearing in the films Amazing Grace, Atonement, and Glorious 39, and in BBC series such as Emma, The Hour and The Crimson Petal and the White. She has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award and is BAFTA nominated...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth6 August 1982
CityHong Kong, China
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I think the problem is that there has been a kind of backlash against feminism. I think women just didn't really see themselves winning that fight, and I think that probably led to a lot women feeling trapped in a perpetual cycle of disappointment - trying to be feminists and failing to be.
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When I was a child, I always wanted to be funny and to please people in my family. As you grow up that instinct becomes more refined, but it's still there.
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The point of being a movie star is that people cast you in a role. Actors tie themselves in knots trying to get out of that.
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There are people who you see on screen and think, 'Wow, that's a slim person,' and in the flesh they look nearly dead.
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The last thing a director needs is an actress who feels an ownership towards a particular character.
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I'd always try to get a C, maybe a B. Other girls would trot off a brilliant essay and go off to Oxford; I'd think: 'Where is the justice?' I took A-levels in English, history and theatre studies and got three Bs.
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I'm fundamentally a busy person; I spend my time doing useful things and profoundly useless things!
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I don't really want to do things that I feel like are going to send out a message that I don't really want to sign up for.
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Nowadays, most women just assume they have a right to be in the workplace, and any kind of discrimination they suffer is sort of more creeping.
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You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.
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Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche.
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I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.
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I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.
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I want people to think I'm sexy, but to know also that I've got an ordinary body and not feel intimidated.