Andrea Riseborough

Actress

1981-11-20

Andrea Riseborough is an English actress known for stage, film, and television roles. Her work includes films such as Birdman, Mandy, and To Leslie.

Quotes by Andrea Riseborough

I always do a lot of work around characters to make them real people because, oftentimes, they really are a sliver of a person. Even with truly wonderful writers, women characters are there to emote, and they're often incredibly chaste or worthy. Or they're a 'different type of woman', which is the worst.
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You can't tell what's going to fulfill you in different stages in your life.
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I subscribe to no religion. But I believe that in the creation of art, there can be moments of God.
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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.
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Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don't realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years.
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Often, I'll read a script and the female character's an extension or serves some sort of purpose in terms of the male character's narrative and it just isn't fully formed. But they will be very beautiful. Whether a secretary or a doctor or a vet, they will be very beautiful.
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'Venus,' which is a Roger Michell film - my first scene was with Peter O'Toole, and I cried. That was basically my part. I came in, cried in a white wig, and then left.
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When I was younger, I used to try to fit in, but now I'm much more comfortable with just being myself.
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