All I ever hoped for was freedom of choice and to not have to just do work because I needed to pay the bills. If you can, weave your way into a studio in a situation where it's supportive of the other work you wanna do. Also, there is caliber and weight in studio films, and I think the ideal is to get that balance right: Do a studio film, go away and do something that is smaller.

Annabelle Wallis

Categorized in : Thinking Choices Supportive

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

Annabelle Wallis

risk cutting people

I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.

Annabelle Wallis

strong-women strong thinking

People in L.A. think Im so posh. They think I live in Downton Abbey.

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posh people thinking

I'm a tomboy. I ride motorcycles, I play polo. I was on a paintball team when I was younger. Endlessly.

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motorcycle team

The Tudors was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time.

Annabelle Wallis

tudors drama people

I love playing females that are put into these pressure-cooker situations, but they're real. I didn't want to be this kind of Lara Croft superwoman.

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female kind real

The feeling of gravity on your body and then off your body is so traumatic. But incredible. We with Tom Cruise were just like, "Let's do this, let's have an adventure - let's make something beautiful onscreen." No wires. Let's not cheat the audience.

Annabelle Wallis

feelings beautiful adventure

To trust other people to keep you safe, it's very difficult ... But when Tom Cruise is there, you just expect that he'll save you. I was like, "Tom. You're Tom Cruise. It's your job to save the day. And the day is me. You need to save it. If I panic, I expect you to be down there."

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cruise difficult people

I need to put myself out in the world and be brave and be uncomfortable. When I do, it means I can enjoy life so much more.

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myself enjoy-life brave life

I'm a tomboy naturally; I grew up hanging up with boys.

Annabelle Wallis

naturally tomboy hanging up

My mother had a very open-minded philosophy about having children: that they should be free to develop in their own way.

Annabelle Wallis

free mother children way

I'm a shape shifter.

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shape

I would never get married in a conventional way; I'd have the 'Curb' music as the union music.

Annabelle Wallis

get-married never music way

I was never an ingenue. I've traveled the globe, I've backpacked through South America, I've done conservation work in Africa. I was never the girl who knew nothing of the world.

Annabelle Wallis

never girl work world

I grew up playing paintball and riding motorcycles and horses, so I really know how to rough and tumble.

Annabelle Wallis

playing how know riding

I like the idea that I come into a room, and you think you're dealing with one thing, but the truth is I'm very layered.

Annabelle Wallis

think you truth-is truth

I was born in Oxford. I grew up in Cascais, Portugal.

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i-was-born up portugal born

I've always known I wanted to go into acting, but being a very proud teenager, I wasn't ready to admit it until I felt like it was going to be possible.

Annabelle Wallis

go like always proud

I remember telling people I booked this job; they were like, 'What is it called?' I was like, 'Peaky Blinders,' and they were like, 'What?' It sounds ridiculous, but I like it because there's an instant intrigue about the name.

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name job remember people

I wanted to be an anthropologist and travel.

Annabelle Wallis

anthropologist wanted travel