Natalie Dormer Quotes

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.

You can be a good human being and just be shrewd.

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 screen tested for 'The Tudors' in N.Y. That was my first experience of N.Y., being flown here to screen test with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. So I have very, very fond memories of New York - New York helped give me my first big break.

Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.

I was a daydreamer as a kid. I want to act because of whatever artistic bone is in my body. I want to explore what it is to be alive. I just want to make good sh-t.

The hair department on 'Game of Thrones' is incredible.

When I wake up on a Sunday morning with a slight hangover, in the gym with no makeup on, that's who Natalie Dormer really is. The girl next door who gets a spot on her forehead occasionally.

What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.

Shaving half my head was a look that meant I could go punkier with my style.

I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.

A lot of boys in my poker circle are mathematicians who play on probability. I don't have that kind of brain, so I rely on instinct. But I recently found out that poker and cards in general go way back in my family gene pool.

Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.

To be joining 'The Hunger Games' family is such a thrill. It deserves the hype because it's well written, handles really big subject matter, but doesn't talk down to its audience. And then there's the romance element.

I do as much research as is physically possible when I'm playing a real person, be they alive or dead.

I'm always open to trying out new things.

When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or London. Even in Western society, where we hold all the values of democracy and freedom of speech, as soon as you point a camera in a particular direction, there is an angle - literally and figuratively.

I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry.

Problems reconciling mom and the wife are difficult in the best of times.

As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices made by your writer.

Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull.

I would love to go to the Himalayas and cross over into Nepal to do the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

Isn't it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are?

For me, the sexiest men don't know they're drop-dead gorgeous. Not that I'd ever rule out a pot-bellied plumber in the right circumstances.

I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?

These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.

I don't know if I'm a daredevil, exactly, but I do enjoy a good challenge. It's the only way you grow.

If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!

I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?

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.

Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair.

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.

I don't think you have to live in the fantasy world of Westeros to have problems with your mother-in-law.

As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush.

No one thinks that they're a monster. No one thinks that of themselves. Everyone has an earnest belief that it would be better if they were in power.

I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.

Kids are very cruel to each other.

Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.

I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself ... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully.

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.

Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.

As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.

It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist.

My first time to Rome was when I was backpacking with my best friend around Europe for a month at 18 years old, so I remember that excitement of being away from home properly for the first time.

As an actress, as you get older, you find yourself in a situation where you play mothers or women who are hoping to be mothers.

It is impossible for human beings not to view something subjectively.

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.

When girls bully, it's very subtle, and you can't define it. At least with boys, the bullying is usually explicit, and you can deal with it. It's psychological with girls.

Famously, Anne Boleyn was not a beauty: she was more about quirkiness and an innate sensuality, and there are a lot of references to her eyes. Which sends out a great message for women, because life is not about the aesthetic all the time.

I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.

I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.

I'm a London girl, so I grew up on Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood ... Dior, Chanel, the usual suspects.

I think the beauty of the writing of 'Game of Thrones' is not that the characters are fearless; it's how they overcome their fear, you know?

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.

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.

'The Hunger Games' has something for everyone.

Travel is so important in its capacity to expand the mind. It's exciting to start as young as possible - you get to see how other cultures live, challenge your senses, and try different cuisines.

I always tell people this: to be a savvy politician or a good head of state and to be charitable are not mutually exclusive things.

You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'

The Tudors") "I walked away thinking, well, if I don't get the job, it doesn't matter - I've kissed Jonathan Rhys Meyers!

Women have a lot of ... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.

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.

Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals.

There was a woman in Elizabeth I's court that happened to have the same family name as me.

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.

My yoga mat comes everywhere. Keeps me stretched out after sitting still on all those planes, trains and road journeys.

It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily.

We accept women being complete c-nts if they're doing it for a child.

There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?

Obviously, you have quieter years than others - you don't go jumping out of a plane every day.

We don't have enough young, female antiheroes. We don't accept women as antiheroes the way we do the men.

When you play a real person, you feel a sense of responsibility that obviously you don't feel when you're playing a fictional character.

I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project.

I think women have always been trying to look healthy. The makeup artists just teach you the quick cheats.

It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.

Long skirts are annoying; they get in the way.

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.

I've been insane from a very early age.

I love going out of my comfort zone - I live to go out of my comfort zone.

Women are over 50 percent of the population.

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 quite physical. I'm from one of those dog-walking families where hiking up a mountain is meant to be fun.

We live in one of the most complex ages for young, professional women.

I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.