Top 122 Quotes & Sayings by Kaya Scodelario - Page 2

She had to play the role of mother and father at the same time, and she did it to perfection. I managed to find a way through because of her. My mother is my biggest inspiration.

A lot of my friends back home are boys, so I do well with boys I like.

I like to work. I feel blessed that I'm working.

I had to learn to jog because I run like a fish. All my friends found the thought of me running on screen hysterical because I do absolutely no exercise.

I had a really honest conversation with my husband about equal pay because we met on a movie where he was paid more than me just because of gender.

I think if someone was really rude to me in an audition, even someone quite important, I think I'd be, 'What are you doing? Don't talk to me like that!'

It was hard to go into the world and start auditioning as real actors. Having to pay bills was rather scary, too.

I love my job every day. So whether it's for four years or for two weeks, it's still... And when you're working on a set, it feels like a family straight away.

The fight for equal rights or pay has become this thing where people expect actresses to talk about it. Why they feel that a man is worth more is an important issue to discuss - we are moving in the right direction, but we need to continue to talk about it and continue to label it as an issue.

I believe there are some things meant only for you and the person you love.

On 'Skins,' we only ever filmed for a couple of months in the summer. When I wasn't on set, I was doing my normal things.

I think really good drama comes down to real human emotion. That's what makes us all tick, and that's what I've always been drawn to when it comes to scripts is real human emotion and dealing with that.

I didn't tell anyone in school that I was going to be in 'Skins.' I was terrified of them putting me down.

I've always had confidence issues; I just get scared of doing things wrong.

I don't think there is enough youth employment or enough push for youths to kind of do want they want to do.

We should just be good humans.

I think of women as an all-being creature.

It's very strange: I watch a lot of interviews with other actors that I know saying, 'Oh we had a great time; we're best buddies,' and I know for a fact that they didn't, and they actually hated each other.

I love that kind of edgy, rock n' roll punk thing that we do so well in England. But my style adapts to where I am. When I'm in Los Angeles, suddenly I'm like, 'I need a sandal, and I need a beige dress, and I need some flowers in my hair.'

I wasn't good at anything very much at school, but I did like drama.

I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have the right connections to do well.

I'm lucky: I've got one of those fast metabolisms where I can eat whatever I want, and I don't put on weight. But I know that's only when you're young. It'll probably hit me when I'm 30.

Kids will pick up on weakness, and I was very shy growing up. I was skinny and flat-chested; I didn't have the latest clothes. For me, it was about being left out and not having any friends and being laughed at. I was very lonely, but that happens to so many people.

I would have loved the opportunity to have gone to drama school, but it just didn't work out for me; there are always several paths, and there's a reason why I've been down this path.

Every job I take, I really want to learn something.

I've wanted to produce for a long time. I'd love to get a bunch of my girlfriends together - a female writer, a female director - and create something. Creatively, it's a different dimension. Why wouldn't people want that?

The way I work, I didn't hold the accent all day.

'Skins' is actually a part of who I am as a person, so I was really focused on making sure the scripts and the story lines were right.

I can't wait to take my son to see 'Wonder Woman' - I can't wait to show him all the female characters can be well-rounded people.

I was very hesitant about doing a period film. It was very much out of my comfort zone; I'd never done anything like that before.

I played American when I was, like, fourteen, and I was awful. I cringed the whole way through.

I'm a Londoner, so I'm a bit feisty.

My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian.

I was incredibly nervous about doing a period drama. I thought that to play period, you had to be English-looking and blonde and very well spoken, and have gone to drama school.

The moors have this weird energy. They trap you.

My mother is amazing. She moved from Surrey to London, taught herself English, and found a job.

'Skins' was the university for me. It was the best years of my life, really. We were all just a bunch of friends.

I'm lucky to have fallen into this trade, and I'm still fighting to stay in it.

I consider myself a Londoner first, and then I consider myself Brazilian before I consider myself English.

We come from a very humble background. A lot of my paycheck from 'Skins' went to paying the bills and getting us a new sofa.

What attracted me to 'The Maze Runner' is its pure action.

I think a lot of people, when they don't quite fit in in the world, use humor to combat that and to find their place in society.

It's nice to know that a studio is willing to put a female in a film without expecting the character to have a love interest.

Most people think of 'Wuthering Heights' as romantic; it's really not about that at all.

Everyone asks, 'What's your goal? Do you want to win an Oscar? Do you want to work with Meryl Streep?' No! I want to buy my mum a house. I want to make her proud.

'Southcliffe' is extremely dark. It's an extremely depressing, intense story, but the shoot was like being at Disneyland. It was unbelievably different from what we were filming.

I like to have fun. I'm also a bit of the crazy one. All my friends are boys. I was bullied a lot by girls in school. There was also too much drama and demands.

We lived in a council flat, and I spent most of my time on estates. My mum was very strict. I used to hate it.

I'm not the best auditioner.

I'd love to find a really good Brazilian project, an up and coming director or something. I wouldn't want to do the typical favela story, Brazilian cinema has a lot more to offer than just that.

I like movies because I've been getting leads, and TV is more about ensemble casts.

'Skins' meant so much to so many people. It was so much part of its time, and I was so young.

I’m a bit of a feminist and I carry a machete! I try to be a strong female. I think it’s important. My mum is my idol in life. She’s a very strong woman. I think it’s important for women to be strong and intelligent and hold their own.

My colleagues are my colleagues, my friends are my friends. It's never been male or female.

Who doesn’t? I cry and smile every day. I grew up scared, because I was so skinny and had no boobs. It’s only now that I just think, Sod it! Everyone’s different. I’m contented and happy as I am.

I didn't want to be the girl in the group that couldn't do as much as the boys. I'm very competitive like that.

You don't have to necessarily go down the drama school route, or have connections in the industry. You can just make it.

It's great to have people to bounce off and I love working with people my age. I think young actors have such energy about them and such a passion and a drive to do their best and prove themselves constantly, and to work with that is really fun and interesting.

I try to treat every job with the exact same level of respect. When I go into it, it doesn't matter what the budget is or who the lead actor is. You should have the same focus and the same drive, and you should have as much empathy for your character and understanding of them as you would, no matter what.

When I first started out, it was very, very difficult to even get in the room with directors or casting directors because they would see that I hadn't been to drama school and wouldn't want to see me. Now, I feel like it's changing. We have this new generation of a lot of writers, directors and actors who are just breaking through, and they're doing it for the passion.