We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time.
— Natalie Dormer
My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.
I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.
The beauty of 'The Hunger Games' and also 'Game of Thrones,' in fairness, both projects have really complex, three-dimensional, contradictory, strong women... The writing of female characters is extraordinary and equal to the men.
What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
I meet fascinating people I respect and idolise all the time.
I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone.
I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage.
We don't have enough young, female antiheroes. We don't accept women as antiheroes the way we do the men.
I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
Women are over 50 percent of the population.
My party trick is that I can get ready to go to the party really quickly. I'm actually a woman that can have a shower, dry and style her hair, do her make-up and get dressed in under an hour.
The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
I'm a massive yoga head. Lots of yoga and lots of running. I do Bikram yoga. I adore it.
Cutting one side of your head for a few months is not a big deal compared with what other people have to deal with in the world. Plus, hair grows back.
You can think what you like of Madonna - about her political choices and her PR - but you have to respect her courage not to let the critics stop her exploring her potential.
There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?
My yoga mat comes everywhere. Keeps me stretched out after sitting still on all those planes, trains and road journeys.
I'm a bed monster.
Women have a lot of... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.
I get accused of having a haughty smugness. I have a lopsided mouth. I can't help it. I was born with it. It looks as if I am smirking. I have had my publicist tell me, 'Don't do that smile on the red carpet.' I'm, like, 'That's my smile.'
Madonna is completely down-to-earth. She's an absolute professional.
When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American woman will head over, and I think, 'Game of Thrones.' Turns out it's 'The Tudors' or 'Elementary' or 'The Hunger Games.' It's always a surprise.
When I was a little girl, my grandfather, who I was very close to, used to grow yellow roses. He had yellow roses growing all the way up his drive.
I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are.
So many little girls dream about their wedding day. But with actresses, sometimes it's the inverse, because we get to be the centre of attention, looked up and down, dressed up for premieres all the time. The pull isn't quite as great.
I'm glad that cinema is catching up to what television has known for a while: That three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men.
I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.
I'm a 'Blackadder' girl.
I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver, and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.
I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success.
It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair.
I love poker!
I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance.
More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!
For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.
It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily.
It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist.
As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush.
I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?
From my experience of shooting 'Tudors' on the island of Ireland, you cannot predict the weather.
We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women.
I'm a natural blonde!
What I love about 'Mockingjay, Part 1' is that President Coin or Cressida could have easily been played by a man, and if you look at 'Interstellar,' the Anne Hathaway or Jessica Chastain roles would have been men years ago.
Make-up is all about shading; it's about tactical application.
The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.
Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities for press commitments, magazine shoots and premieres - Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Berlin. I always try to get to a gallery or museum if there's time.
I'm a serial monogamist and would never dream of being as predatory as some of the women I've played. I can actually be a bit shy.
