Kelly Reilly Quotations

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.

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

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.

I love actresses who are brave and don't do what's expected of them or don't play off how they look or take risks.

I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?

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.

Every job feels like my first.

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.