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A film is a
director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.
As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much
it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have
my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
I felt for a woman who's in this very suffocating, stuffy class-ridden society
who has no outlet for her intelligence, her creativity, her sexuality.
I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it
wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little
sheet.
I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's
inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later
on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
I'm not the kind of actress that goes home with the character. I mean, you're
thinking about the work or the next day's scenes, but not staying in character.
But as a film goes on, you become more and more fragile, emotionally. And
physically too, actually.
I've come across a couple of girls like that... Those spoilt, airhead
socialites who think they have a job but don't know the meaning of real work.
I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker
material.
If I was absolutely set on something, I don't think he would shake me. But I
don't think it would occur to that degree, as we're on the same page.
I've worked with Bob Hoskins three times. We all talk the same language in a
way. We just had a laugh and tried to keep things light.
It's so difficult to get a film financed and I'm not a huge name. I'm not
Nicole Kidman. The chances of this coming my way were very slim.
My father would get on his tennis court every day and hit balls, come rain or
shine, even when he was practically hobbled because his feet were so swollen and
so covered in Kaposi's.
The degree that these scenes went to... there was a couple of days I was
upset... I'd have to hurry back to the girls in the makeup trailer and have a
bit of a cry because it messes with your head.
This profession is very tough and not many people make it, and even if you do,
then you can still get slapped in the face constantly.
Some actors have chemistry toghether, some actors don't. Whether you're
married, friends or hate each other's guts, when you work with a really good
actor that you feel entirely safe with, you can take extraordinary risks that
you can't with an actor who you don't feel safe with.
I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's
inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later
on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
Describing an incident that occurred to her at age four, when she was to
appear in a scene in the movie, THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE: "On the day we
filmed the scene, a bee stung me. I screamed and cried so much they called a
doctor, and my father said, "It cant hurt that badly!" But it wasnt the pain
that upset me, it was the thought that I mightnt be in the film. Already the
little professional.
My mother raised me and there was some painful and difficult times, because
she was pursuing a career and also very actively involved in expressing her
political views. But, looking back, I wouldn't switch her for a normal mom, even
though there were moments when I'd come back from school and wish she'd just be
there in a gingham dress putting dinner on the table. I never had that. But now
I'm really glad I have her.
I hope they don't become actors. Because I know how it is to be the daughter
of a great actress, how very hard it is to make your own way, to be compared to
someone of such great talent and beauty. To feel, When am I ever going to make
it on my own and be judged on my own merit?
My parents were the least patriotic people in the world...it's an alien notion
to me in my background..
I could write you a book on why not to get involved with an actor. Because
anybody who is good at what they do gets totally obsessed by it to the exclusion
of other people. Because, oh God, there are so many reasons I never, never
wanted to be involved with an actor. Ever. Of course, that was before I met MY
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Little Night Music (2009) 
Wild
Child (2008) 
