I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way. Romola Garai More Quotes by Romola Garai More Quotes From Romola Garai I think one of the reasons I've done so much period work is because I feel so depressed by how society chooses to represent women in contemporary work. Romola Garai feelwomensocietywork Increasingly, it's actresses doing the big fashion advertising campaigns, and now there's no distinction between actresses and models. Romola Garai doingbigadvertisingfashion There's no way I could ring up a company that was lending me a red-carpet dress and say, 'Do you have it in a 10?' Because all the press samples are an 8 - I would say a 'small 8.' Romola Garai dressmeyouway I'm a feminist. God, yes! A bra-burning, building-burning feminist. Romola Garai yesfeministgod I was brought up with a very strong sense of what can happen if your society starts to chip away at the small victories women have won for themselves. Romola Garai smallwomensocietystrong I've always scribbled, and I still do it. I've written numerous scripts for films for which I think I'd be perfect as the complex, intelligent and, yes, modern heroine. Embarrassingly bad, all of them. I've had to come to terms with the fact that I'm not a writer. Romola Garai badthinkalwaysperfect I love my home, spend as much time in London as I can, and try wherever possible to avoid travelling for work. Sometimes I think I'm really badly equipped to be an actress. Romola Garai workhometimelove I've done a few costume dramas, and people say, 'What was it like wearing the costumes? Did they really help you with your character?,' and most of the time it doesn't make any difference. You're wearing something a bit weird, and it's sort of uncomfortable, but it doesn't really have a huge impact on the part that you're playing. Romola Garai youtimecharacterpeople There's nothing very interesting about my life. Romola Garai my-lifenothinglifeinteresting I try not to live in the future too much; that can make you crazy as an actor. There are so many people who are obsessed about their career path, like it's something which you can control, which fundamentally you can't. Romola Garai youfuturecrazypeople There are people who you see on screen and think, 'Wow, that's a slim person,' and in the flesh they look nearly dead. Romola Garai lookthinkyoupeople I get nonplussed by all the Fifties retro-revival aesthetic. Would we really want to be in our pinnies in our kitchen weeping? I find the kitchen, housewifey aesthetic repugnant. Romola Garai findaesthetickitchenwant
