English - Actress | October 17, 1983 -
I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.
Felicity Jones
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It can be very intense being an actor; it can be quite a small world. Then you speak to your friend who is a scientist and they have a completely different perspective.
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But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.'
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It's nice to have some continuity you can come back to. I feel that in coming home, coming back to London.
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I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.
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The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before.
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I'm very excited that I can get on a skateboard and skateboard down the street now. That was something I never thought I'd be able to do. I conquered my fears.
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I'm not really massively into going out. I'm much more of a hibernator. It's nice to have people come to your house or go to someone's house, I think.
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A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm fortunate that is both my work and my hobby. It's what I would naturally be doing anyway.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.
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I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of shoes on the first day of filming is just horrific.
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