I'd like to have a solid, classy career with a good CV of work. I want to be known for acting, not my personal life. Women like Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet - they're intelligent and sophisticated. I want to be given those opportunities. Eleanor Tomlinson More Quotes by Eleanor Tomlinson More Quotes From Eleanor Tomlinson I enjoy it and just smile through it. There are days where you're just pulling your hair out, but, at the end of the day, we are the luckiest people alive, doing what we do and loving our job as much as we do. Things don't get that much better. Eleanor Tomlinson hair jobs people Well, Mom and Dad are both actors, and Ive spent a lot of time watching my mom on stage and a lot of time on set with my dad, so it was very much a part of my growing up. Eleanor Tomlinson growing-up dad mom Wow, I think you grow all the time when you're working. You start the job and by the end of it, if it's a long one, you kind of say, "My God, I was so different at the start of this job." I always feel like I've changed for the better with each one. Eleanor Tomlinson jobs long thinking There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. If you're an actor in England, that's just the way to get into it but I've been so incredibly lucky in that I was brought up in to it. I still might go to drama school, if I wanted to do theater work, definitely. It's a completely different type of training. Eleanor Tomlinson drama school thinking The intimate conversations have its moments, because you have to sell the characters, because there is so much going on. It's so easy to get lost in the special effects and forget about the performances. The dialogue scenes have been great. It's been great working with Bryan and the writers to find where we're going and what's the story. Yeah, it's been really, really interesting. Eleanor Tomlinson intimate-conversation character interesting To know about the movie [jack the giant Slayer], wow. It's an adventure, there are so many special effects flying around. It's going to be really fun, definitely. I think there's something there for the whole family. There is something you can really enjoy, and I think it's going to be a really fun, family film. I'm really excited. Eleanor Tomlinson fun adventure thinking I like to kind of change my performance so that there's more to play with in the editing suite. At the same time I think by the time you've done say 55 takes you're exhausted and you've kind of lost the power behind it that you had on take #1 or take #2. Eleanor Tomlinson editing play thinking I remember when I was younger. Dad's agent came round, and I asked if she would represent me. She didn't represent children at the time, but I wouldn't let her leave the house until she agreed. I've always been quite headstrong. Eleanor Tomlinson dad house children There is a lot of hype about drama school, I think. Eleanor Tomlinson drama school thinking I haven't done any training. I come from a family of actors, but I haven't done any training. Eleanor Tomlinson training actors done It's [Jack the Giant Slayer] one of those fairy tales your mom and dad read to you when you're little. Never once did I imagine myself in it. It's just phenomenal. Words just can't really describe it. It brings the biggest smile to my face. Eleanor Tomlinson dad mom faces It's hard work. It's really hard work, but it's really interesting. We have this camera, I think it's called a SimulCam, and when you play it back, you can see the giant in the scene you just shot. It's incredible. You're reacting to a tennis ball that's way up there, then when you watch it, it's this huge giant's face on it. Wow. That's cool. I just can't wait to see it when it's all edited together and the special effects are all crystal clear. It's going to be, hopefully, amazing. Eleanor Tomlinson hard-work play thinking I was thinking about the armor, personally. I think it would go great in my hometown. I don't know. I'm not sure. Hopefully. Eleanor Tomlinson hometown armor thinking I can't walk five steps without someone on a walkie talkie going, 'She's wandering over there.' I'm pretty stuck, but hey, it's been great. Eleanor Tomlinson wander hey steps 3D, the ever-changing 3D. It's great. It's been really interesting. My family came to the set a few times, and I see them with their 3D glasses on. It's lovely to have them there and be a part of it, and see the magic that we're playing with, because it really is incomprehensible until you see it on a 3D screen. Eleanor Tomlinson lovely glasses interesting I never trust anything that can be captured in 2 takes. Eleanor Tomlinson captured never-trust I love doing stunts. It's so much fun. Eleanor Tomlinson fun I'm one of those people who loves love. I'm fascinated by it: what it does to us, how it messes us up. Eleanor Tomlinson us how love people Now when people say, 'Oh, you're going to be such a big star!' I simply don't listen. Eleanor Tomlinson people-say say you people There are now superhero movies fronted by women, and I think directors generally are moving away from that stereotypical woman's role that is just about being flirted with by a man before falling into his arms. Eleanor Tomlinson woman think man women
