My mother [was in advertising and] worked incredibly hard when she was bringing us up. She was a working mother and a working single parent. Felicity Jones More Quotes by Felicity Jones More Quotes From Felicity Jones The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before. Felicity Jones differentpeople I'm small. I'm petite. But I'm a bit of a fighter inside. Felicity Jones petitefighterbits I feel like with acting it's not like you make a choice - it's kind of in you and you have to do it or you wouldn't be able to survive. Felicity Jones ableactingchoices But since doing the film ["The Invisible Woman"] I've really learned to appreciate [Charles Dickens], he's phenomenal. "Great Expectations" would be one of my favorites. Felicity Jones appreciateexpectationswould-be I think [Charles] Dickens was an extrovert and Nelly [Ternan] an introvert, and I think that Nelly saw beyond the fame and adulation and she actually loved Dickens essentially for who he was. So I think he felt like she was someone he could be himself with. Felicity Jones extrovertssawsthinking I've always been a feminist, and what I love in my work is being able to explore a full-sided woman and not patronize her. Felicity Jones feministable Always, my mother said, "Be yourself." That is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I try to always remember that and come back to that and have strength in who you are. There is only one you. Felicity Jones being-yourselfmothertrying I've done quite a lot of improv work before, and I wanted to do this film ["The Invisible Woman"] because it felt like a different technique. We were very true to the lines, and there was something quite formal and almost theatrical about it. Felicity Jones techniquedifferentdone Fashion choices are never arbitrary. Even if you say you don't care, that's a decision. There's something you're trying to say. Felicity Jones fashionchoicesdecision A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm fortunate that is both my work and my hobby. It's what I would naturally be doing anyway. Felicity Jones hobbiesscriptsreading I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home. Felicity Jones actorshomethinking I studied English literature at university, but for some reason we only spent one week on [Charles] Dickens, so I remember just trying to find the shortest book that I could find. I was like, "'Hard Times,' really great - it's short, that'll do it." Felicity Jones hard-timestryingbook Now we live in a time where the public and the private are completely fused and there isn't such a great distinction. We know our private lives are constantly made public. With Facebook and Twitter there isn't such a desire, it feels, to keep things private. Felicity Jones desire I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants. Felicity Jones single-womenwantworld I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward. Felicity Jones divorcegrowing-upthinking I was into Virginia Woolf and James Joyce [at university] and I think we all thought that [Charles] Dickens wasn't that cool. Felicity Jones joycevirginiathinking As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up. Felicity Jones growing-upcharacterchildren When you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing. Felicity Jones being-truefeelsbelieve But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do. Felicity Jones pressureinterestingthinking Going to auditions is always so nerve-wracking. I don't think they ever get any easier. Felicity Jones thinking
