113 Quotes by Romola Garai

If you read reviews that you think by their very nature are not respectful of the actresses involved or not appreciating the work as it should be, I think you should write to reviewers or comment and say, “Are you kidding me?”

It’s hard for actors to have to deal with the fact that they pour so much into their character, but the audience might have a negative assessment of them.

Women don’t question themselves when they enter into a story that has male characters, but men do question the validity of a female narrative.

I think I was quite lucky in that I went to an all-girls school. I was never put in an environment where I had to be the other – the woman as opposed to the man – all the way through my education. I was never made to feel that way at home.

I can’t spend the rest of my life being pretty in a bonnet.

I don’t really want to do things that I feel like are going to send out a message that I don’t really want to sign up for.

I have always been interested in gender politics, so I’m not that keen on doing things that don’t represent a truth about women.

As a kid, I really loved ‘Jane Eyre,’ I used to fantasise that the past was so much better and my lifetime was crap.

I realise there’s an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, ‘Oh, I don’t want to be famous,’ on the other.