English - Actress | August 6, 1982 -
I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.
Romola Garai
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I cheated at the Model United Nations when I was 13 and had to get up and apologise in front of the whole conference.
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I've worked with actors who tell everyone what to do in the scene - that makes me go pretty atomic.
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I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.
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We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight.
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There are still journalists who risk their lives in situations of conflict, versus those who sit behind a desk at 'News of the World' to report on whether someone is going out with somebody or not.
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I read the paper pretty much every day, as well as getting news from the Internet and on TV. But I don't do social media at all; I'm a Luddite from that point of view.
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Our conception of 1950s underwear is a lovely vintage aesthetic, but actually, wearing stockings with no elastic and a girdle was heavy duty.
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You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.
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I wouldn't want to direct - I think that's a very different job. You have to be a very specific type of person to do that.
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