English - Actress | October 7, 1978 -
There's a pressure to conform to particular images, and it feels a pretty exclusive pool of body image or facial image that is considered appealing. And in a way, that feels like pre-judging what an audience might actually want.
Hattie Morahan
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I am fascinated by people's flaws and delusions: all the messy bits of human nature we all try to pretend we don't have.
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It's true: theatre has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I always liked everything about it. As a child, I used to get so excited about performing, I'd get the giggles.
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I'm sure my mum was a huge influence on my wanting to be an actress: just seeing her doing it, seeing her love it, caring about it. Invest in something, take it seriously and be so wonderful.
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I suppose one of the things that interest me about acting is unpicking what makes people tick and why they do what they do and what it means to be human.
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What's exciting about theatre is observing human behaviour. You're constantly making judgments about body language, the physical, the emotional, the intellectual.
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For a long time, I did feel aware that I wasn't pretty or bubbly enough. Nor was I sexy-looking.
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I've had so many experiences where everyone is very polite about each other's working process, which can lead to work where everyone seems to be in different plays.
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Acting on stage is a living organism you can never pin down, and I believe the audience feeds off that, too.
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When you're young and starting out, the big hurdle is to relax enough in rehearsal so that you don't feel intimidated. The more work you've done, the more you can experiment in rehearsal and not have to worry about getting the sack.
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I am always really buzzed after each performance, and at around one in the morning, I'll hit a brick wall and need to sleep.
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I've obviously got one of those faces that people can forget.
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