Romola Garai Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I've done a few costume dramas, and people say, 'What was it like wearing the costumes? Did they really help you with your character?,' and most of the time it doesn't make any difference. You're wearing something a bit weird, and it's sort of uncomfortable, but it doesn't really have a huge impact on the part that you're playing.”

“There are still journalists who risk their lives in situations of conflict, versus those who sit behind a desk at 'News of the World' to report on whether someone is going out with somebody or not.”

“When you talk to women who were working as print journalists or in broadcasting in the '50s, and then you talk to women who were working in the late '60s, there's an enormous difference. There had already been a huge transition. Then, of course, you get well into the '70s and there were women with children working.”

“Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche.”

“If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum.”

“Our conception of 1950s underwear is a lovely vintage aesthetic, but actually, wearing stockings with no elastic and a girdle was heavy duty.”

“I can only do something that my sister or my daughter, if I have one, could watch and feel positive about.”

“I get grumpy about the innate conservatism of our tastes; I love bold theatre, and I get annoyed when a heritage piece is really successful.”

“I get quite disappointed that we're still telling stories that I think are problematic in terms of what they're saying about women.”

“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.”