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If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum.
Romola Garai
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Romola Garai
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: August 6
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Hong Kong SAR
China
Romola Sadie Garai
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I get quite disappointed that we're still telling stories that I think are problematic in terms of what they're saying about women.
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I cheated at the Model United Nations when I was 13 and had to get up and apologise in front of the whole conference.
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I think I was quite lucky in that I went to an all-girls school. I was never put in an environment where I had to be the other - the woman as opposed to the man - all the way through my education. I was never made to feel that way at home.
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I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women.
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I can't spend the rest of my life being pretty in a bonnet.
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If you read reviews that you think by their very nature are not respectful of the actresses involved or not appreciating the work as it should be, I think you should write to reviewers or comment and say, Are you kidding me?
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I'm fundamentally a busy person I spend my time doing useful things and profoundly useless things!
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I've worked with actors who tell everyone what to do in the scene - that makes me go pretty atomic.
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I wish I was a more adventurous person in a way. But actually, security is a really big deal for me.
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I'm not interested in going to see films that massively overrepresent men over women. It's lik,e how much more have we got to say about this? Like men in war and dealing with their masculinity in conflict. I just think we've exhausted the landscape.
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I have a very strong, probably slightly aggressive personality, and so that just ends up coming out regardless of what I try to do.
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