155 Quotes by Natalie Dormer

I choose fantasy to vent, to process complex political, sexual and social politics at the safe distance of fiction.

I love going out of my comfort zone – I live to go out of my comfort zone. Obviously, you have quieter years than others – you don’t go jumping out of a plane every day.

Famously, Anne Boleyn was not a beauty: she was more about quirkiness and an innate sensuality, and there are a lot of references to her eyes. Which sends out a great message for women, because life is not about the aesthetic all the time.

Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.

You can be a good human being and just be shrewd.

Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that’s a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull.

No one thinks that they’re a monster. No one thinks that of themselves. Everyone has an earnest belief that it would be better if they were in power.

I’ve always been a black sheep. That’s a hard thing to be until you find your calling in life. I was bullied a lot at school, probably because I was perceived to be different from everyone else.

I don’t think you have to live in the fantasy world of Westeros to have problems with your mother-in-law.