Romola Garai Quotes
"The filmmakers were obsessed with having someone skinny. I just thought, why didn't they get someone like
Kate Bosworth, if that's what they wanted? An actress like that wouldn't worry about whether or not the political ideas were being sensitively or subtly dealt with. They'd do the job, smile and look pretty on the cover of Teen Vogue. There I am, 135 pounds and trying to make art! I was so wrong for it!" On the project
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.
"I [showed] my tits and teeth. I'm useless at it. About 40 per cent of success as an actor is now based on whether you're good at being interviewed and how you conduct yourself. And I'm really bad at that." On the Vanity Fair premiere
"I date nothing but older men. I've reached a stage in my life where I've started to worry whether it's a fetish or not. What did I find out? I suppose that the only real effect of ageing is deep cynicism - that, and you are maybe a little more comfortable with yourself." On her dating habits.
"I do think the Olympics are a curiously male obsession. Who can run the fastest from here to here? You know what I think? Who gives? Because if you're not running to catch a bus or running to buy me a bunch of flowers, I don't care." Her thoughts on the Olympics.
"For a long time, I was worried about being typecast. But costume drama is a large part of the work in this country. It's just a bit sniffy to turn up your nose at it."
She has the extraordinary capacity to push you as a performer, and yet never make you feel as if you should be afraid to experiment. - On working with Mira Nair on Vanity Fair.
"The single biggest surprise about acting is how unsexy the lead actors can be when you work with them.''
''He is a beautiful looking man but you are soon sitting down between scenes, having a cigarette, comparing blisters and talking about your agent." On her co-star Charlie Hunnam while filming Nicholas Nicleby.
"I am so clumsy. If there's a chance of dropping something or crashing into something, I do it. How sexy is that?"
''I had the time of my life. I have used every part of my body, plus muscles I did not know I had, because the dancing is a combination of salsa and Latin ballroom. It felt like daily aerobics." On discovering a passion for dancing during Dirty Dancing two.
