Samantha Morton Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.”

“Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.”

“I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.”

“I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.”

“I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.”

“The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's not something I have to do. It's not a vocation.”

“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.”

“I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.”

“I am proud of what I've done.”

“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.”