Romola Garai Quotes

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Romola Garai

Profession : Actress

Birth : 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

I cheated at the Model United Nations when I was 13 and had to get up and apologise in front of the whole conference.

Romola Garai

I've worked with actors who tell everyone what to do in the scene - that makes me go pretty atomic.

Romola Garai

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.

Romola Garai

We live in a society where children are expected to become adults overnight.

Romola Garai

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.

Romola Garai

You don't have to conform to a very specific aesthetic today, whereas 1950s women definitely had to.

Romola Garai

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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