Top 35 Quotes by Kelly Reilly

I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

You put yourself on tape as an actor a lot - and you send them off, they go out into the ether, and you have no idea what's going to come back, or when.

The reason I act is because I'm trying to understand why people are as they are.

As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.

Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.

At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me.