76 Quotes by Samantha Morton

I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.

Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.

I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.

I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.

I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.

My job is the same, whether they've got a hundred million or half a million. I go in and I play that character to the best of my ability.

My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!

I thrive on constant stimulation artistically, whether it's listening to music, seeing art, or whatever. I try to inspire myself because the urban world and politics are quite draining.