A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer. Romola Garai charactercrystalliseidea Change image and share on social
I'm fundamentally a busy person; I spend my time doing useful things and profoundly useless things! Romola Garai busyfundamentallyperson Change image and share on social
If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum. Romola Garai 40thactressasylum Change image and share on social
There was quite a lot of lying around in fields at Stonar, a small independent girls' school in the country near Bath. It was a non-selective school and the right environment for me: academically not particularly pushy. Romola Garai academicallybathcountry share on social
My main ambitions, really, are in the theatre. Romola Garai ambitionmaintheatre Change image and share on social
If you are a 19-year-old woman, there are very specific things that directors and the people in positions of power in the industry - who tend to be older men - are going to want you to be and do. They are not going to want some chatty, difficult, slightly spoilt girl. Romola Garai chattydifficultdirector share on social
I have always been interested in gender politics, so I'm not that keen on doing things that don't represent a truth about women. Romola Garai genderinterestkeen Change image and share on social
I would argue that something dark is lurking between the sexes, and that it is seeping out into cinema. Romola Garai arguecinemadark Change image and share on social
I read the paper pretty much every day, as well as getting news from the Internet and on TV. But I don't do social media at all; I'm a Luddite from that point of view. Romola Garai dayinternetluddite Change image and share on social
My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm. Whinnying and jumping over bamboo poles in the garden took up pretty much my entire childhood. Romola Garai alterbambooblack Change image and share on social
