Talulah Riley Quotes

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Talulah Riley

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 26, 1985

My dad is Scottish, and he read in the newspaper about the plight of the Scottish Freshwater Mussel, which is a real thing - like, a very real, serious conservation issue. And he's a writer, and he was going to do a film about a Glaswegian gangster, and then I stole the idea and turned it into a romantic comedy.

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There's a real power in heels and a good dress.

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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.

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I believe in honesty and integrity, having a belief system that you've thought through and then stick to. I believe in being creative and contributing, and I believe in taking a stand against injustice that you encounter in everyday life and not being idle in that respect.

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I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.

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My parents used to call me 'The Little Frog,' because whenever they asked how I knew something, I'd say 'read it,' which sounds a bit like a frog croak.

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When I was a little girl, I told everyone I was going to marry a very clever scientist and have ten children. I would always draw the children, and they included blond-haired twin boys whom I named Theodore and Frederick: Teddy and Freddy for short.

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The things I wanted to do from a very early age - ie. get married and have children - precluded a lot of guys my own age from wanting to have anything to do with me.

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Boys are like puppies, but the thing I find terrifying is how do you steer them?

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I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.

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My wide eyes make me look much younger without make-up, and although it's fun to have a line in innocence corrupted, I doubt I'll get to play the vampy vixen or a Hedda Gabler or Lady Macbeth.

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I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.

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I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.

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Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. There's whole swathes of stuff we can't account for.

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'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.

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Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.

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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.

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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.

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I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.

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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.

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