69 Quotes by Kelly Reilly

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

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

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

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.

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.

Maureen isn't based on a real person. She's a completely fictional creation, though some of the girls probably went through the same sort of things. Maureen just sort of absorbs all the bad stuff. She's the sort of person that everything happens to, poor thing.

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.

Lauren' should be an adjective in itself. She's her own kind of person.