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Kelly Reilly [1977-0] English

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Actress

Jessica Kelly Siobhán Reilly is an English actress. Her performance in After Miss Julie at the Donmar Warehouse made her a star of the London stage and earned her a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress of 2003.

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It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.	Smile	101
My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.		102
I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.		103
You put yourself on tape as an actor a lot - and you send them off, they go out into the ether, and you have no idea what's going to come back, or when.		104
Literally, I don't know where life is gonna go from one day to the next, and that's as exciting as it is tiring.		105
Obviously, education is hugely important, along with healthcare. They're the basics and you're hurting your own country if you don't pour money into them.		106
Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do it and days where it's just not happening, and I feel like that's how it is with all artists; you have some days it kind of works.		107
My dad is such a good man, hard-working.		108
At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me.		109
You know, I really enjoy longevity. I see actors in their forties and they just turn out these really fabulous roles and characters. You know who they are, but you wouldn't necessarily know their names.		110
The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to be counted among some of those actresses... It doesn't get better than that.		111
I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.		112
Every job feels like my first.		113
I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.		114
I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.		115
As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.		116
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.		117
I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.		118
I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.		119
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.		120
I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.		121
Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.		122
When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'		123
We live in a celebrity-obsessed society.		124
The reason I act is because I'm trying to understand why people are as they are.		125
Acting has always been such escapism for me.		126
I'm a theater actress. I love rehearsal. I could have six weeks of rehearsal and think it's not enough. But on film, you don't get that luxury.		201
When it comes to my work, I'm fearless. I go with my gut.		202
Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.		203
I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.		204
I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.		205
I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?		206
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.		207
There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often.		208
Women do well in their thirties. They put their bags down and say, 'This is who I am - like it or lump it.' There is a more relaxed quality, which I like.		209

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