Every role affects an actor a little bit. There's always a little chunk of a character that stays left over in your heart. Natalie Dormer More Quotes by Natalie Dormer More Quotes From Natalie Dormer Some of the most successful, talented actresses of our generation, be it Julianne Moore, or Charlize Theron, or Charlotte Gainsbourg, or Isabella Rossellini, if you know your cinema history, have taken their clothes off. There's nothing wrong with nudity, per se, if it's part of the storytelling and it's eloquent and it says something about the raw humanity of the story. Natalie Dormer our-generation taken successful I'm sure it's there traced along my career. I'm sure it is in most actresses' careers. Natalie Dormer actresses careers As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices made by your writer. Natalie Dormer documentaries choices-made actors I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully. Natalie Dormer brother character children I don't think you can be a diver without a shark on the list. Natalie Dormer sharks lists thinking I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy. Natalie Dormer climbers tree children There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his repertoire that lends itself beautifully to the nature of Henry VIII, definitely. He will push things to the limit, and yet remain in emotional control. Natalie Dormer emotional historical limits It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing. Natalie Dormer roles brain directors Three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. I’m a feminist in the true sense of the word. It’s about equality. Natalie Dormer feminist three men We accept women being complete c-nts if they’re doing it for a child. Natalie Dormer accepting ifs children I’ve spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like Natalie Dormer historical real europe We don't have enough young, female antiheroes. We don't accept women as antiheroes the way we do the men. Natalie Dormer female men way Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on at 6am and I need to be warmed up gently, it's always Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone. Natalie Dormer ballads cheesy needs I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. Natalie Dormer drama school thinking There's been a sort of mini-revolution, an uprising, as was long overdue, about these subject matters: ethnicity and gender equality. Natalie Dormer uprising ethnicity long I feel that we live in an age where everyone's trying to reduce, and soundbite, and cut it down to140 characters, and that's not what life is. Natalie Dormer cutting age character A franchise can have important messages and hope to inspire a generation and still make a load of money and get [ backsides ] on seats, it's about the quality of the writing. We can be more sophisticated and more respectful of our audiences when we make big blockbusters. Natalie Dormer us-news For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Natalie Dormer me journey courage fear What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home. Natalie Dormer walk me sunset home The most amazing set where I've shot 'Game of Thrones' is definitely Croatia, in Dubrovnik. It's such a stunning country with lots of good watersports there as well. Just a beautiful, beautiful place. Natalie Dormer beautiful-place game good beautiful
