Holliday Grainger

I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue, as I guess I never went through the trauma of them splitting up.

Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space.

I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought I could get away with it.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

My feeling for reality TV isn't ironic, guilty, or apologetic. Reality TV is one of the few remaining modes of popular entertainment in which characterization is permitted as plot.

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.