Andrea Riseborough

“I tend to be overly responsible for other people's feelings.”

“As a woman, on any film or any show, we do most of the emoting.”

“When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in.”

“I think any artist is a perfectionist by their nature.”

“I've worked opposite so many male actors whose egos have been so delicate that it was just so hard to do the work.”

“I am a Graham Greene fan - I'm just a ferocious reader. I read an awful lot when I get the time.”

“I grew up in the suburbs outside of Newcastle, and there were blank walls, and there was a lot of space to imagine - the fields and the motorways - so I used to sit and talk to myself as different people.”

“As an actor, you want to know if you're keeping a secret or telling the truth.”

“Transformation as a female actor is allowed up to a certain extent - as long as they can still recognize you on a red carpet. For a woman to be a shape-shifter, and to be that malleable in spirit, is really not OK with the patriarchy.”

“I love the company of actors, but the crazier it gets, the more I've come to realise how valuable my time is with my friends who work on the land or are builders or, you know, make music. Work in offices. Run shops.”

“I'm interested in having a relationship with the world that's not my own.”

“Tracey Emin's 'Strangeland' made me see that everything I have to be creative is inside of myself.”

“David Suchet's Poirot was very charming, and, when I'm away in the U.S., those series remind me of being in Britain and being British on a Sunday night.”

“I really enjoy picking up the physical rhythm of somebody else, speaking with their voice. I've never done in anything in my own voice, and I can't imagine what that would be like. It would be weird, I guess.”

“I think, sometimes, you can just get really burnt out on something you enjoy doing and feel like the sponge is completely wrung dry.”

“People are fascinating. They're so unique and I think what's more fascinating is the reason behind the physical characteristic, the enigma, that's where the gold dust is.”

“I get scared of really simple things and not scared of big things.”

“Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don't realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years.”

“We need to band together in solidarity. There's so many portions of our community that are under-represented. You rarely see disabled actors on movie posters or black men or Latino guys.”

“Every time you get the chance to work with somebody you admire and would like to collaborate with... it feels like the best opportunity that's ever come your way, whether that's in fringe theatre or a really big-budget Hollywood movie.”