Andrea Riseborough

I'm interested in having a relationship with the world that's not my own. ”

As an actor, you want to know if you're keeping a secret or telling the truth. ”

I've played a mother before, but it's always been a very young child, which is closer to what I can imagine my own life looking like. ”

I am quite odd-looking in real life. ”

You can't tell what's going to fulfill you in different stages in your life. ”

There's something really simple and idyllic about living in a house very close to the water. ”

Often, I'll read a script and the female character's an extension or serves some sort of purpose in terms of the male character's narrative and it just isn't fully formed. But they will be very beautiful. Whether a secretary or a doctor or a vet, they will be very beautiful. ”

I subscribe to no religion. But I believe that in the creation of art, there can be moments of God. ”

I can't tell you how disheartening it is to be told to go home because the director is filming you from behind and you don't have the right kind of body. As an actress, to be told that... Well, it's just a very odd set of circumstances. ”

When I was little, I would always try and look into the television screen along the sides. I kept thinking if you looked in there, you could see what was happening off camera. ”