Kaya Scodelario Quotes

• I didn't want to be the girl in the group that couldn't do as much as the boys. I'm very competitive like that.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Girl, Boys, Want

  "Kaya Scodelario Talks THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL, Working with Jessica Biel, Filming Underwater, THE MAZE RUNNER, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 7, 2014.

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• As a teenager, you're still discovering who you are, what your life is about, and who you want to be as a person. It's very intense.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Teenager, Want, Life Is

  "Discovery: Kaya Scodelario" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 14, 2011.

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• It's great to have people to bounce off and I love working with people my age. I think young actors have such energy about them and such a passion and a drive to do their best and prove themselves constantly, and to work with that is really fun and interesting.

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  Fun, Passion, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• Who doesn’t? I cry and smile every day. I grew up scared, because I was so skinny and had no boobs. It’s only now that I just think, Sod it! Everyone’s different. I’m contented and happy as I am.

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  Thinking, Skinny, Different

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• I’m a bit of a feminist and I carry a machete! I try to be a strong female. I think it’s important. My mum is my idol in life. She’s a very strong woman. I think it’s important for women to be strong and intelligent and hold their own.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Strong Women, Intelligent, Thinking

  "Kaya Scodelario Talks Bonding with the Cast, Fan Reaction to the Film, the End of SKINS, and More on the Set of THE MAZE RUNNER". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. May 31, 2014.

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• You don't have to necessarily go down the drama school route, or have connections in the industry. You can just make it.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Drama, School, Connections

  "Kaya Scodelario Talks THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL, Working with Jessica Biel, Filming Underwater, THE MAZE RUNNER, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 7, 2014.

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• I try to treat every job with the exact same level of respect. When I go into it, it doesn't matter what the budget is or who the lead actor is. You should have the same focus and the same drive, and you should have as much empathy for your character and understanding of them as you would, no matter what.

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  Character, Focus, Empathy

  Source: collider.com

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• When I first started out, it was very, very difficult to even get in the room with directors or casting directors because they would see that I hadn't been to drama school and wouldn't want to see me. Now, I feel like it's changing. We have this new generation of a lot of writers, directors and actors who are just breaking through, and they're doing it for the passion.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Drama, School, Passion

  "Kaya Scodelario Talks THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL, Working with Jessica Biel, Filming Underwater, THE MAZE RUNNER, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 7, 2014.

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• Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market - I have so many vintage pieces from there it's unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules.

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  Love Is, Vintage, Clothes

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• I like the idea of up-and-coming actors nowadays being a little different and not necessarily the drama-school stereotype, being a bit more edgy.

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  Drama, School, Ideas

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

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• I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn't make them feel judged. 'Skins' never tried to preach. It allowed young people to make their own decisions about what to do and whether it was right or wrong. Young people really respond to that, and that's what sets 'Skins' apart.

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  Teenager, People, Decision

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

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• My mum has told me that I have to work with Antonio Banderas just so that she can meet him and try and marry him.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Trying, Antonio, Mum

  "Discovery: Kaya Scodelario" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 14, 2011.

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• There are so many things happening nowadays that you've seen in films from years ago, like cloning and all of those things are actually happening now, so we can kind of visualize it a lot more, and I think our generation particularly know that we're going to be a big part of that, we we're kind of fascinated with how human beings will fare in the world.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Thinking, Our Generation, Years

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• My colleagues are my colleagues, my friends are my friends. It's never been male or female.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Males, Female, Colleagues

  Source: www.popsugar.com

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• It was really cool to work with Dakota Fanning. I've watched her grow up and I've always loved her films, loved her. It was amazing working with someone who was American as well, because obviously it's going to be a different energy straightaway. We got on really well; she's so professional and hardworking.

  Kaya Scodelario

  Growing Up, Energy, Different

  "Discovery: Kaya Scodelario" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 14, 2011.

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• I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here.

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  Girl, Fashion, Hair

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• I wanted to do an action-y thing, purely because I'm the least fit, healthy person in the world. I wanted to prove to myself that I could actually run and not get out of breath and collapse. I wanted to push myself, in that way.

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  Running, Healthy, World

  "Kaya Scodelario Talks THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL, Working with Jessica Biel, Filming Underwater, THE MAZE RUNNER, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 7, 2014.

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• I've just made a cancer drama, called 'Now Is Good,' directed by Ol Parker and starring Dakota Fanning. We filmed in Brighton and it's about a girl dying of leukemia, although it's not as depressing as it sounds.

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  Girl, Depressing, Cancer

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• I'm finding a lot of actors my age now who are a bit more like me, and not as posh or brought up in a certain way. There's now people of all sorts of kinds of backgrounds.

  Kaya Scodelario

  People, Age, Actors

  "FUTURES: ‘Wuthering Heights’ Breakout Kaya Scodelario On Working For Andrea Arnold and Breaking Boundaries With ‘Skins’". Interview with Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. October 5, 2012.

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• My mum is Brazilian and very proud. I'd love to do a Brazilian film. I've been brought up in the Brazilian culture. My mum brought me up on my own, I cook Brazilian food, I've never spoken a word of English to my mother.

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  Mother, Culture, Proud

  "Discovery: Kaya Scodelario" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 14, 2011.

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