Argentinian - Actress | April 16, 1996 -
I got scouted for modeling on the street. I'm such a tomboy - still am. I just never thought about modeling before, but I thought, 'Ooh, interesting, similar world, perhaps it's a way into something.' Then, I was on my third photo shoot ever, and Adam Leech from 'Downtown Abbey' saw me reading poetry and asked me to recite some.
Anya Taylor-Joy
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I just want to see what life's going to throw my way. So far, it's been very unexpected. I'm kinda on a roller coaster and want to enjoy that.
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I have always believed in magic. I used to run into the woods as a little kid looking for witches. But I'm not superstitious, because I m not afraid of it. I see it as something really beautiful, and I wouldn't want to live in a world without magic.
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I think we have a very Disneyfied, sterilized version of what an evil witch is nowadays.
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My first school play was 'Perkin and the Pastry Cook' that my primary school put on, and I played a boy, and it was so much fun, and I'd love to play a boy again. I think that would be great.
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I swear like a sailor.
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I just want to work with wonderful people.
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It was very difficult to leave Argentina when I was kid, so I only spoke Spanish for the first six years of my life.
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I refused to learn English for two years when we moved to London, hoping to send my family back home. It was tough, but at the same time, it has given me a sense of displacement that actually really suits the life that I'm living now.
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I don't really feel like I belong anywhere, which makes me belong everywhere.
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I've been quite lucky in that the roles that I've been able to play are all kind of outsiders.
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Once I set my mind towards something, it's going to happen. By hook or by crook.
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