Quotes by Holliday Grainger - Page 1

I'd love to do more independent films.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Film
Independent
Independent Film
Independent Films
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I seem to play a lot of troubled kids.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Troubled
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I don't really have any strategy for my career.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Strategy
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I don't have any massive ambitions to be a movie star.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Ambition
Massive
Movie Star
Star
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Jack Thorne writes so well for messed-up teenage girls.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Teenage
Jack
Teenage Girls
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Like anything, you've gotta find the humanity in the characters.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Character
Humanity
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To be able to analyze plays and novels is so relevant to acting.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Able
Acting
Play
Relevant
Analyze
Novels
Plays
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I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Admire
Mother
Mum
Single
Ridiculously
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I'm developing a little crush on Michael Fassbender. Really unoriginal.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Crush
Developing
Michael
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The media was completely influential in the rise and fall of Bonnie and Clyde.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Fall
Influential
Rise
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You'll always end up filling out a character. It might be with aspects of yourself.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Filling
Always Character Yourself
Aspects
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Its always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Beautiful
Film
Scene
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It's always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Film Set
Massive
Scene
Surreal
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It's important to know the kind of character that you need to be building up to, throughout the series.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Building Up
Character
Important
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When I was younger, I was always being told I had a period face, but 'Bel Ami' was my first shot at it.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Younger
Shot
Period
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As much as Id love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Actors
Streets
Successful
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As much as I'd love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.
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Street
Recognised
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True love, especially first love, can be so tumultuous and passionate that it feels like a violent journey.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Journey
True Love
First Love
Passionate
Violent
Love True Love True
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I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Opportunity
Epic
Independent
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I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Anything Is Possible
Stable
Just Be
Persuaded
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I'm very lucky, as I've never ever felt any pressure from any producer to lose weight, whereas a lot of actresses have.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Producer
Whereas
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Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space.
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Emotion
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I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought I could get away with it.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Musical
Sing
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I'm selfish when it comes to work. I'm like, "Oh, that will be fun! I wanna do that!" I never think beyond my participation in a project.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Fun
Selfish
Thinking
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I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well. I'd love to be able to do a mixture.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Different Kinds
Independent
Projects
Lots
Epics
Independent Films
Mixture
Studio
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I'm so used to taping myself and sending it off and never hearing back. I started to believe that nobody actually ever sees my tapes, apart from my agent.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Agents
Believe
Tape
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When you're a child, you take things for granted. For instance, my mum didn't have a lot of money, but I went to piano, ballet and gymnastics lessons, and tae kwon do.
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Ballet
Granted
Gymnastics
Instance
Lessons
Mum
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I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue, as I guess I never went through the trauma of them splitting up.
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Tiny
Guess
Parents
Issue
Split
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I've got a massive actor girl crush on Carey Mulligan, so I'd love to be buddies with her. She just oozes this joyful, natural innocence and always brings a nice emotional depth to her character.
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Crush
Depth
Innocence
Joyful
Massive
Love Always Character
Brings
Buddies
Love Character Always
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'The Borgias' is quite good because it does stick quite steadfastly to historical fact, so a lot of people who are interested in the historical element will love watching it, but they were also a ridiculously dramatic family.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Dramatic
Love Family Good
Element
Historical Fact
Ridiculously
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I did a year at Leeds, studying English. They basically threw me out, because I was taking too much time off to act. So I transferred to the Open University, because I could do it all online. By that point, I had admitted to myself that I had the acting bug.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Leeds
Online
Time Myself Me
Admitted
Bug
Studying
Threw
Too Much Time
Transferred
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I spoke to friends that have panic attacks, and I spoke to a doctor who has panic attacks, himself. I also did a bit of research into them. It seemed like everyone's version of a panic attack had slightly different physical things. So, I decided to choose my own physical things.
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Different
Doctors
Research
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I'm getting more selective, the more I do. As an actor, you want to do a variety of things, but first and foremost, it's the script, the quality of the script and the part. If the script is great and it's a part that I believe and I believe the world, that's rarer than you think.
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Quality
Believe
Thinking
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I enjoy flitting around between hair colours. I find it fascinating when people think I'm naturally blonde, as I've only been blonde for about two seconds. People pay more attention to you as a blonde; it's also easier for people to assume you're a ditsy young actress. Of course, I am a ditsy young actress - well, maybe not ditsy.
Holliday Grainger / Actress
Attention
Blonde
Easier
Enjoy
Fascinating
Pay
Seconds
Two
Young
More
Actress
I Am People Find
Naturally
Also
Am
Only
Around
Assume
Been
Between
Find
Colours
Course
Maybe
Well
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