Andrea Riseborough Quotes

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Andrea Riseborough

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 20, 1981

When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.

Andrea Riseborough

When I was younger, I used to try to fit in, but now I'm much more comfortable with just being myself.

Andrea Riseborough

Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don't realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years.

Andrea Riseborough

Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.

Andrea Riseborough

People are fascinating. They're so unique and I think what's more fascinating is the reason behind the physical characteristic, the enigma, that's where the gold dust is.

Andrea Riseborough

I worked on 'Happy-Go-Lucky' for seven-and-a-half months, and I'm in it for two minutes - largely because Sally Hawkins turned left instead of right.

Andrea Riseborough

I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.

Andrea Riseborough

I have quite a collection of ironic band T shirts.

Andrea Riseborough

My grandparents were deeply affected by war, and it was obvious that the men who fought were horribly affected, as were the women who remained at home.

Andrea Riseborough

I'm very pragmatic.

Andrea Riseborough

As a woman, on any film or any show, we do most of the emoting.

Andrea Riseborough

I've always thrown like a girl.

Andrea Riseborough

It's hard for us to imagine, as humans, that we'll become less powerful. But it'll be healthier for the planet and for the eco-system if that does happen. If humans are going to merge with machines, then let's get on with it. I love humans, but I also love dinosaurs - I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have wanted them to die out, either.

Andrea Riseborough

I'm interested in having a relationship with the world that's not my own.

Andrea Riseborough

David Suchet's Poirot was very charming, and, when I'm away in the U.S., those series remind me of being in Britain and being British on a Sunday night.

Andrea Riseborough

When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in.

Andrea Riseborough

I can walk into meetings now and ask for equal pay, and the people will listen to me. They may not give it to me, but I will be listened to. That's huge.

Andrea Riseborough

I'm not even sure that any of us are ever ready for anything. We can be ripe, or over-ready, but what is that moment when we're actually ready?

Andrea Riseborough

I'm an odd mixture. I'm a sort of Geordie punk who started in classical theatre. It means nobody ever knows quite where to put me, but I like that.

Andrea Riseborough

I think it's the easiest thing in the world to be horribly critical about yourself.

Andrea Riseborough