English - Actress | February 12, 1987 -
Sadly, I think that 'Children of Men' has only become an increasingly relevant and realistic portrait of where we are in the world.
Clare-Hope Ashitey
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You look around, and you think, 'Given the chance, if we can get away with it, people are going to be nasty to each other. They're going to pull up the draw bridge; they're going to draw up the ladder and try to live in this little bubble without giving anything to anyone else - without even receiving anything from anyone else.'
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If you are watching a fairy tale, that's why you go to fairy tales: you want these uncomplicated stories and uncomplicated characters. But if it's meant to be real life, you want there to be some reflection of your experience and have something you can hook into.
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I think we've all done things that are a detriment to ourselves, and we've all made good choices that have brought good things for us.
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I was very surprised when I first started spending time in America. The culture shock was something I wasn't prepared for. I had a lot of work to do to try to begin to understand this enormous and complex country that I thought would be an easy process.
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I went downtown to the courthouse pretty late at night, and arraignment court was on. You have these prosecutors and public defenders and judges and all of these people who are there on a Friday night at half past 12, and how can you expect people to bring their judgment and their best selves to their work at that kind of time?
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I feel like there is a real lack of empathy - not just in American society, it's definitely happening in Britain as well - and it's heartbreaking that people can see something and not feel it.
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After I finished university and started going to auditions again, and I also did a bunch of other jobs. I worked in the insurance industry, the digital media industry; I worked in a financial services company for three years.
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If I only worked in England for the rest of my life, I wouldn't feel like I failed.
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No one tells actors anything; we're always the last people to find out.
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I'm very instinctive when I choose my roles, and usually, the number one thing has to be the director.
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Try to understand that behind every headline, there are individuals, families, and communities.
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