I buy the odd book. There's a great book out at the moment called Ego Is the Enemy. Natalie Dormer More Quotes by Natalie Dormer More Quotes From Natalie Dormer It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair. Natalie Dormer feminineidentityhair Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull. Natalie Dormer differentperfectthinking I was a daydreamer as a kid. I want to act because of whatever artistic bone is in my body. I want to explore what it is to be alive. I just want to make good sh-t. Natalie Dormer alivebodykids You're watching us and you don't realize how much makeup and how much lighting is involved when we look good. We have a lot of help where we are. I don't think that it's healthy for young girls to be looking at these beauty magazines and watching TV and these shows and thinking [that's the standard]… there's more European attitude - you look at French film, Spanish film, they're a little more open to quirks and human nature. That we're not all symmetrical, not all the same shape… we need more of that. Natalie Dormer makeupgirlattitude I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is. Natalie Dormer actressesinternetpainful I know people think that acting is not quite the occupation of grown-ups, but it is actually the ultimate learning process: You get a multitude of experiences, all for the price of one life. Natalie Dormer actingpeoplethinking I’ve always been a black sheep. That’s a hard thing to be until you find your calling in life. I was bullied a lot at school, probably because I was perceived to be different from everyone else. Natalie Dormer blacksheepschool 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 rolesheartcharacter For me, the sexiest men don't know they're drop-dead gorgeous. Not that I'd ever rule out a pot-bellied plumber in the right circumstances. Natalie Dormer drop-dead-gorgeouspotmen I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing. Natalie Dormer sevenwritingyears All the pins stuck in my head from the wig. I would set off a metal detector. And you know when your head gets really itchy? So when the wig gets put on at like 5:30, 6 A.M., and you can't take it off until 7 P.M. - I won't miss all the pins scratching against my scalp. Natalie Dormer wigspinsmissing I think the thing about Anne Boleyn is there is an exotic quality to her. This is a woman who wasn’t raised in the English court. She was in the French court and Hapsburg court. She has a continental exotic quality to her. She’s quite a fiery woman and incredibly intelligent. So I think Anne really stood out – fire and intelligence and boldness – in comparison to the English roses that were flopping around court, she would’ve stood out. And Henry noticed that. Natalie Dormer intelligentfirethinking I love going out of my comfort zone—I live to go out of my comfort zone. Obviously, you have quieter years than others—you don’t go jumping out of a plane every day. Natalie Dormer jumpingcomfortyears The Tudors”) “I walked away thinking, well, if I don't get the job, it doesn't matter - I've kissed Jonathan Rhys Meyers! Natalie Dormer tudorsjobsthinking I started writing In Darkness out of a frustration of the quality of roles that I was reading in scripts for women. Natalie Dormer frustrationreadingwriting I say I’m an atheist but I wouldn’t mind being visited by a ghost. Natalie Dormer atheistghostmind Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it - we're troubadours and lead a troubadour's lifestyle. Natalie Dormer actorsskillsmoving You can be a good human being and just be shrewd. Natalie Dormer good-human-beinghuman-beingshumans These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts. Natalie Dormer thronesflyinggames I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry. Natalie Dormer unemploymenthomebelieve
