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I think a lot of actors feel like outsiders or miscreants. This profession provides an opportunity to play out all the different parts of ourselves.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
People have these ideas about comic books and their adaptations as flashy and sort of surface-y, broad-strokes-type projects, but they're not, really.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I auditioned for 'Loving' two years before we started shooting, so in the hopes that I would be playing Mildred, I watched it again. Also it's one of the best documentaries I've seen. I found this couple interminably fascinating; even if I didn't get the part, I just wanted to know more about them and their story.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I've always had sort of an interest in American history, full stop, and especially people who contributed to the civil rights struggle.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
Diversity needs to operate on every level. It's great that the Oscars have highlighted it, but black actors getting nominated shouldn't be the only result. There's so much more that needs to be done.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
You know when you're a kid and you get to pick a movie every Friday? I watched everything. There's no particular genre that was appealing. I just loved the idea that you could dress up and play.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you feel like you're in the way.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I grew up in an area of Ireland where there weren't many black or mixed-race children. But I never had any hassle; maybe I've blocked it out, but I don't think so.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
You don't come to see a Greek play and not want blood and gore and depth of feeling from your boots up.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
If people want to invade your privacy, they want to invade your privacy. I find it chilling, and I find it awful, and it makes me really nervous. It hasn't happened to me much, but when you have a taste of it, it's bitter.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
Ninety percent of my roles, I've had to fight for. It's only a really small percentage of people who get handed roles.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I'm interested in the idea that we all start off as these lovely little babies with all this potential but that circumstances mean that we don't always live the life we should.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I had quite a scattered childhood. I was Irish in London, because I had my secondary school education there. I never really fitted anywhere. I didn't feel it was a negative thing, and I was never made to feel different - I just knew I was.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout. No wonder public-school people always get into politics or acting: they're taught to shout that much more loudly.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
What's really important is the people, first of all. I like working with people who are kind, above all else. I don't really want to work with someone who will manipulate me. The idea that you must treat actors a certain way in order to get a performance out of them kind of disturbs me, and it's disregarding what we do. Our job is to do our job.
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I know I've said it before in interviews, but the idea that all actors have their eye on some sort of prize - it being an Oscar, or fame, or whatever - not all actors I know are like that.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
When you label someone 'up and coming' or 'the new breakout,' there's this kind of expectation. And I think, like I said before, it's very hard to live up to that expectation when you really don't have that much power as an actor - in terms of your career path and the timing.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I didn't have that many black people in my life, so I had to sort of search them out. And I didn't grow up in America, but I identified as much with their writing about the black experience as I did with their writing about the human experience.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I'm always very careful to say I'm Irish-Ethiopian because I feel Ethiopian and I look Ethiopian and I am Ethiopian. But there are 81 languages in Ethiopia, and I don't know any of them.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I don't like hobbies. I read and travel and see my friends before they disown me.
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I have not been aggressive in my pursuit of being a star. I've never had a plan. Maybe I need to be more aggressive, because it's quite tough!
Quote by -Ruth Negga
Women always have to have this soft, maternal, sort of - I don't know - moral center.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
Violence in film and television is an ongoing conversation, and I like eavesdropping on it, but I'm never sure what my opinion is. I like watching creative violence, but I don't know.
Quote by -Ruth Negga
I don't really know how strong someone is if they're compelled to a life of violence. Is that strong? No. That's damaged.
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Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
Falling in love is a narcissistic endeavor. You play the role of lover, and you find someone to act it out on.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
Show me a man who wouldn't give it all up for Emma Stone, and I'll show you a liar.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
I sometimes forget to have breakfast in the morning, but when I actually buy a box of cereal, I will probably eat it not only for breakfast but also as a snack later on.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
Muscles. We're talking about muscles? They're like pets, basically, and they're not worth it. They're just not worth it. You have to feed them all the time and take care of them, and if you don't, they just go away. They run away.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
The theme for me is love and the lack of it. We all want that and we don't know how to get it, and everything we do is some kind of attempt to capture it for ourselves.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
I loved growing up in Canada. It's a great place to grow up because - well, at least where I grew up - it's very multicultural. There's also good health care and a good education system.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
I don't believe my house was haunted. I think I had an overactive imagination, and I was so convinced that those around me became convinced, too.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
I think the 'Law of Attraction' comes from a rich, white, privileged perspective.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling
I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it.
Quote by -Ryan Gosling