I subscribe to no religion. But I believe that in the creation of art, there can be moments of God.
— Andrea Riseborough
I think it's the easiest thing in the world to be horribly critical about yourself.
I don't like getting dressed up. It's hard because as a woman, as an actor, the whole world wants you to enjoy dressing up.
I'm very pragmatic.
I'm interested in having a relationship with the world that's not my own.
Sometimes I can think of nothing more blissful than going to Berkeley and reading Byron for three years.
Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.
I think every work is hard in different ways.
I'm not even sure that any of us are ever ready for anything. We can be ripe, or over-ready, but what is that moment when we're actually ready?
I love the company of actors, but the crazier it gets, the more I've come to realise how valuable my time is with my friends who work on the land or are builders or, you know, make music. Work in offices. Run shops.
When I was little, I would always try and look into the television screen along the sides. I kept thinking if you looked in there, you could see what was happening off camera.
I'm an artist; affirmation is like catnip to me.
I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.
I am quite odd-looking in real life.
Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess.
I think any artist is a perfectionist by their nature.
People think I'm totally crackers.
When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in.
When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.
I have no interest in doing anything other than good work.
My face is almost like a canvas - a blank canvas in the sense that the hair on my face is very, very fine and my skin is incredibly fair and my hair is quite dark, and that's very unusual.
Every time you get the chance to work with somebody you admire and would like to collaborate with... it feels like the best opportunity that's ever come your way, whether that's in fringe theatre or a really big-budget Hollywood movie.
Sometimes I can receive the world and regurgitate my version of events easily and sometimes it's hard.
