Rosamund Pike

“I think it's one of the great enrichments of life, romance.”

“I think when you are an only child, parents are more protective and fearful because they've only got one of you. I was not allowed to do a lot of things that, if I'd been, say, number three, I would have.”

“I do know that the key to anything good is feeling relaxed and free. That's the main thing that you can offer yourself as an actor.”

“Actresses generally aren't allowed to have haircuts, because short hair isn't considered as versatile.”

“I grew up without any security - I obviously had lots of security because I have two parents who had a good marriage and stayed together, and we had a creative household full of ideas, but there was never any financial security. So I knew I could have a good life without that.”

“Perhaps misguidedly, I always admire the people who are so polished.”

“I remember times of anxiety, ups and downs, and times of unexpected windfalls. But my parents loved what they did. And because their work was also their hobby, it taught me that work could be fulfilling.”

“You get those couples who are very fearful of bringing children into the mix because they feel like somehow that link between them as a couple is going to somehow dissolve or become less powerful or whatever. And that somehow the child is going to disrupt their happy stage.”

“I've been on stage plenty of times, and one of the things about being a stage actress is you have a 3-month run to revisit the story nightly and play it again.”

“One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror, that in fact it's not. So all you can do is keep muddying the waters a bit.”

“I've often felt I don't belong quite wherever I am.”

“I am drawn to courageous women.”

“When the eyes are on you for the first time, you can't believe that people aren't criticising you.”

“Anger is not an accepted thing for women. And, you know, I do get angry. I feel it's a very honest emotion.”

“I think I'll be flavor of the month when I'm in my fifties.”

“What's so great about 'Gone Girl' is the conversations it provokes.”

“Looking back, I just think I was a really average sort of girl.”

“I wanted to be an actress since I was really, really small. I knew I didn't want to sing, and I didn't want to do music, and words were the ways I wanted to express myself.”

“Any actress - goodness, we're lucky to be working. We all know that. There are few parts, a few good ones.”

“You become sillier and more youthful as you get older, maybe, because you're over all your anxieties.”