Rosamund Pike
Rosamund Pike
Rosamund Mary Ellen Pikeis an English actress. She began her acting career by appearing in stage productions such as Romeo and Juliet and Skylight. She made her screen debut in the television film A Rather English Marriage, followed by television roles in Wives and Daughtersand Love in a Cold Climate. She received international recognition for her film debut as Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day, for which she received the Empire Award for Best Newcomer. Following her breakthrough,...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 January 1979
CityLondon, England
You can get things out of acting with someone a second time around that you don't necessarily get the first time because you're more familiar, more comfortable.
I think I was lucky in that I wasn't one of those girls who are told they are pretty the whole time. I never got that. Nor did I ever obsess about my looks as a teenager.
I think you tend to try, during the time you've got off, to forget about the film. It was such a total world. I mean, the sets were claustrophobic, and as soon as you were on there, you were right back into it.
When the eyes are on you for the first time, you can't believe that people aren't criticising you.
I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers.
I would love to play the lead in a big romantic comedy. That's definitely a dream of mine.
We thought there should be a bit more edge though. We wanted the sisters to grow a little apart, which I think often happens when emotions come into play.
I remember times of anxiety, ups and downs, and times of unexpected windfalls. But my parents loved what they did. And because their work was also their hobby, it taught me that work could be fulfilling.
One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror, that in fact it's not. So all you can do is keep muddying the waters a bit.
What I find sexy is when someone's having fun and able to look right back at you.
Success is freedom - scripts coming your way and getting to choose the stories you want to tell.
Looking back, I just think I was a really average sort of girl.
I'd like people to get a sense of who I am, yet I want to keep my privacy, too.
You just never know who's going to have chemistry. You can put two of the sexiest people in the world together, and they could be completely flat.