Top 75 Quotes & Sayings by Ruth Wilson - Page 2

Leaving Europe in my mind wasn't the best thing; it's not the best way of having that political voice. But that's the only voice people in Britain could have. People turned out in their droves to vote, more than for prime minister. So it was huge and very divisive.

I'm crap at lying. I go bright red.

With film acting, and often when the camera comes very close, you just have to think about something and the camera will pick it up.

In Britain, we haven't got enough money to make these long-running shows. We always do little mini ones. You have more control as an actor over what you want to do with it. On these you drive yourself mad trying to know what's going to happen, because the writers don't.

I think the environment is possibly our most worrying thing at the moment, so I think mountaintops are the place to live.

Brexit for me was really interesting because I was in the heart of Yorkshire, which is a "leave" area. It was quite odd actually, a real deep sense of unease. You felt very odd for your country. You have lots of people that are angry. It's a very physical and public stand that these people are making.

I admire the brazen qualities in people.

What you aim for, as an actor, is to be able to play a range of different roles.

I've got friends who are so good at getting away with things, like going up to the desk to get upgraded on a plane, for example. I haven't got any of that kind of confidence in those situations. I look so awkward. I act awkward. I'm really apologetic. I fail to get anything that way.

I'm from the theater, darling. I want to know what happens at the end.

I've always quite liked the idea of being an archeologist, sort of scrubbing around in the dirt.

I'm not very good at lying.

I'd love to direct again.

The communal experience of sharing something, and being part of it, and watching something visually striking, that's what film is all about. Seeing everything on a big screen, and to be able to see something phenomenal in that way, and being moved by it. We have kind of lost the tradition of that, and we're not nurturing the next generation in that tradition, and maybe that's why they're not turning up.

I feel safe that theater will always serve women in different ages.