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I'm drawn to damaged, complicated characters.

Ruth Wilson

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Ruth Wilson
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: January 13
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Ashford
Middlesex
Damaged
Drawn
Complicated
Characters
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For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them going.
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I'm crap at pretending to be something I'm not when I'm in my real life.
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I admire the brazen qualities in people.
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Even now, for women to be contemplating the act of ending their life is considered horrific because they are the giver of life. They're seen in a patriarchal society as the one who offers life and has to nurture a child and have a child within them. That's your only role.
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I always vaguely knew I wanted to perform, but I haven't got the greatest singing voice and my dancing isn't up to scratch. Acting was really the only alternative. My parents have been really supportive throughout.
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I haven't got one or two people that I aspired to be like.
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It's a good time for me, but it's only recently I've become comfortable in my job. At the start, it's hard having the nerve to call yourself an actor, let alone doing it. I gave myself two years after drama school, and if I didn't make it, then I'd give it up.
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I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most.
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I'd love to direct again.
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It's how you prioritize in life.
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What really excites me is the unknown, and getting to grips with something you have no idea about.
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I remembered a mantra that one of my teachers used to tell me at drama school, that every thought will pass across your face. Even if you're thinking about Shreddies the camera will read it.
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You never have a consistent job as an actor, so you're always looking for the next thing. It's defined by the opportunities that come across your doorstep at the time. A career is totally in the hands of fate, in terms of how those opportunities arise.
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I've got friends who are so good at getting away with things, like going up to the desk to get upgraded on a plane, for example. I haven't got any of that kind of confidence in those situations. I look so awkward. I act awkward. I'm really apologetic. I fail to get anything that way.
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Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.
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To not want children or not be considerate of them is a very unwomanly thing to be, from a certain point of view.
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In Britain, we haven't got enough money to make these long-running shows. We always do little mini ones. You have more control as an actor over what you want to do with it. On these you drive yourself mad trying to know what's going to happen, because the writers don't.
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My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.
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I come from the south, so you're useless and you're a bit pathetic. That's the first thing that the northerners think of you.
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I feel like male patriarchy generally has been about repressing female sexuality because it's scary.
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