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I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

Kelly Reilly

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Kelly Reilly
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 18
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Women do well in their thirties. They put their bags down and say, 'This is who I am - like it or lump it.' There is a more relaxed quality, which I like.
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I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?
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I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.
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I don't like the word celebrity. If I become a good actress and be in movies where I'm expected to be a good actress, who is recognised, that's different to being what I consider to be a celebrity. My job is an actor and that's what I'm passionate about and adore. It's a privilege to be able to do this job for a living.
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Acting has always been such escapism for me.
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We live in a celebrity-obsessed society.
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My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important I don't keep them with me.
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I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.
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Every job feels like my first.
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I'm not a show-off I'm not an exhibitionist.
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