Ruth Wilson Quotes

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• Even now, for women to be contemplating the act of ending their life is considered horrific because they are the giver of life. They're seen in a patriarchal society as the one who offers life and has to nurture a child and have a child within them. That's your only role.

  Ruth Wilson

  Children, Roles, Life Is

  Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 31, 2016.

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• I've always been quite shy. Very confident but very shy.

  Ruth Wilson

  Shy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.

  Ruth Wilson

  Different, Done, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel like male patriarchy generally has been about repressing female sexuality because it's "scary."

  Ruth Wilson

  Scary, Males, Female

  Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 31, 2016.

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• I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles.

  Ruth Wilson

  Challenges, Theatre, Roles

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• I simply want to take a break and catch my breath. But I also think that, sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is to deliberately keep some time free and see what the world throws at you.

  Ruth Wilson

  Thinking, World, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.

  Ruth Wilson

  Racism, Groups, States

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• I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself.

  Ruth Wilson

  Lonely, Writing, Knows

  Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 31, 2016.

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• I love complex characters - strong females who are vulnerable but have a life and soul. That's what I'm drawn to and what I enjoy most.

  Ruth Wilson

  Strong, Character, Soul

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It was really fun to play the woman in charge and in control. She's powerful and she uses the aspects of being a woman. She uses her sexuality as a weapon.

  Ruth Wilson

  Fun, Powerful, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't really plan. I just see what happens.

  Ruth Wilson

  Plans, Happens

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You never have a consistent job as an actor, so you're always looking for the next thing. It's defined by the opportunities that come across your doorstep at the time. A career is totally in the hands of fate, in terms of how those opportunities arise.

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  Fate, Opportunity, Consistent

  Source: deadline.com

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• There's always been a religious strain in me. I can't get rid of it. I don't want to get rid of it. I'm not involved in a church, but I understand that impulse to believe in something that's never going to betray you.

  Ruth Wilson

  Religious, Believe, Church

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them going.

  Ruth Wilson

  Beautiful, Character, Frustration

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What really excites me is the unknown, and getting to grips with something you have no idea about.

  Ruth Wilson

  Ideas, No Idea

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I come from the south, so you're useless and you're a bit pathetic. That's the first thing that the northerners think of you.

  Ruth Wilson

  Thinking, Firsts, Useless

  Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 31, 2016.

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• I'm drawn to damaged, complicated characters.

  Ruth Wilson

  Character, Complicated

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's a good time for me, but it's only recently I've become comfortable in my job. At the start, it's hard having the nerve to call yourself an actor, let alone doing it. I gave myself two years after drama school, and if I didn't make it, then I'd give it up.

  Ruth Wilson

  Jobs, Drama, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's such a huge link with fashion, with front covers of magazines and selling products, but that's not what you go into the job for, and yet you're persuaded that's what you have to do to create the opportunities for yourself.

  Ruth Wilson

  Fashion, Jobs, Opportunity

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I admire the brazen qualities in people.

  Ruth Wilson

  People, Quality, Admire

  Interview with John Cameron Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 31, 2016.

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• I really love clothes, but I think I have a style of my own which is quite eclectic.

  Ruth Wilson

  Thinking, Clothes, Style

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.

  Ruth Wilson

  Parent, Roles, Saying Please

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I remembered a mantra that one of my teachers used to tell me at drama school, that every thought will pass across your face. Even if you're thinking about Shreddies the camera will read it.

  Ruth Wilson

  Teacher, Drama, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's how you prioritize in life.

  Ruth Wilson

  Prioritize

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• Every actor turns everything round to their character.

  Ruth Wilson

  Character, Actors, Turns

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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