Ruth Wilson Quotes
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I'm crap at lying. I go bright red.
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Hollywood is no longer the top. I love going to the cinema. I've always adored the idea of being in great, epic films. But they just don't really exist anymore. It's a real shame. There's great auteurs that create small movies, but it's really hard for anyone to see them, and for them to make any sort of money, or for them even to be made in the first place.
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Every actor turns everything round to their character.
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It's how you prioritize in life.
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I'm drawn to damaged, complicated characters.
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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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I'm not very good at lying.
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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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I feel safe that theater will always serve women in different ages.
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Cleaning isn't all that interesting to me. I'm disorganized.
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I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic.
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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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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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Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.
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I was kind of overwhelmed by the idea that we are just balls of energy and that we have imposed terms on feelings.
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I've always been quite shy. Very confident but very shy.
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I don't really plan. I just see what happens.
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I think the environment is possibly our most worrying thing at the moment, so I think mountaintops are the place to live.
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I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles.
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I haven't got one or two people that I aspired to be like.
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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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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 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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We'll always have art, darling.
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There's such a huge link with fashion, with front covers of magazines and selling products, but that's not what you go into the job for, and yet you're persuaded that's what you have to do to create the opportunities for yourself.
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There are lots of moments that are great for an actress.
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I'd love to direct again.
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There's always been a religious strain in me. I can't get rid of it. I don't want to get rid of it. I'm not involved in a church, but I understand that impulse to believe in something that's never going to betray you.
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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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