For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I'd go into a shoot, there'd be all these dresses, and I'd say to myself, 'Okay, this isn't me. It's somebody else. So, who is this person?' Acting is the next level of that.

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Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it's the feel that matters.

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If you have a connection to someone, it doesn't matter what their exterior is.

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exterior connections matter

I've always got on with lads, more than I have with girls.

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girl lad

I feel like every project that I've been doing, I've learned something about myself. It's like I've cracked something, or my vision of myself has gotten wider. I'm just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.

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I'm all alone. There has been no man in my life for several months now and although it would be nice to have a boyfriend, I can't just settle for anybody. The fact is I'm choosy, but mainly about a man's character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don't even mind if he's not very good-looking.

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nice clever character

I've never had formal drama-school training; I've just picked things up as I've gone along.

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I've always been really private about my personal life. I don't talk about it.

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personal-life

I get on with all my exes, so there's nothing I need to forget about. I don't know - life is shorter than it seems.

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life-is-short forget needs

It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at what they do. That's how I feel about Meryl Streep. You watch her, and you can't help but notice all of that about her. She's so influential.

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For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way – or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.

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acting strong mean

I dont have that many friends.

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many-friends

I think modelling was like the university of life, really. You get to travel but you get thrown into this adult world, which is kind of quite scary.

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scary world thinking

Laughing is, like, my favorite thing to do.

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My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, 'Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!

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matching my-sister dresses

To be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.

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I love 'Breathless,' and 'Paris, Texas,' and 'Badlands.' I was obsessed with those films in my teens. I remember watching 'Badlands' and being amazed that there were these scenes in which nobody said anything and the silence told the whole story.

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paris texas silence

I never knew modelling was what I wanted to do. I was just meandering through life having fun, having a laugh with my friends.

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wanted fun laughing

I suppose I have stopped modeling officially. I've not done any for a good long while now. I think it was four years ago when my feelings were changing towards the industry. I didn't hate it, but I was yearning to do something different. I was on a gradient. It was a gradual thing.

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hate years thinking

I suppose each project is a new thing, so there's all this excitement and nerves about this new thing. Every single thing is like a new thing, so it's never what I expect. I don't know what to expect for the next thing. There are always different people. It's interesting.

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different people interesting

When you're young, you say it how it is, and even your views are, like, 'This is totally the truth', 'cos you don't know any difference, so there's a real confidence in your way of thinking.

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real views thinking