“I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.” ThinkingWorldDoeHappensGrowing UpGrowingDivorceThings HappenStraightforward Author:Felicity Jones
“I think in every character there are aspects of yourself that you bring to it. But then it would be really boring to just play yourself.” ThinkingPlayCharacterWould BeAspectBoring Author:Felicity Jones
“I think good things come out of having tension with the people that you work with. You've got to be arguing in order to produce something interesting. If everyone's just agreeing with each other, you're not going to push the boundaries.” PeopleIfsThinkingOrderInterestingProduceGood ThingsArguingBoundariesTensionSomething Interesting Author:Felicity Jones
“"The Invisible Woman" was about trying to show this conflict in [Nelly Ternan] woman truthfully, between her own identity, but also being in love with someone who I think made very high demands from her.” ThinkingTryingMadeShowsIdentityDemandConflictInvisibleBeing In Love Author:Felicity Jones
“I think personally it's not good for anyone - I don't think infidelity leads to happiness. It's painful for the person being cheated on, but also for the person who's cheating.” ThinkingPersonsPainfulCheatingInfidelityCheatedCheated On Author:Felicity Jones
“I think Nelly [Ternan] actually has something very conservative about her, and she's very judgmental of (this other character's) situation, and can see that's about to happen to herself. So she judges it even more harshly [because] it's what she fears becoming.” ThinkingCharacterHappensSituationJudgingBecomingConservativeJudgmental Author:Felicity Jones
“I think that when [Charles] Dickens met Nelly [Ternan] it unleashed this sort of carnal, anarchic, cruel energy within him, and literally after she met him he changed his whole life - he separated from [his wife] Catherine, he stopped all the children from seeing her and went on this bitter rampage.” ThinkingChildrenWholeEnergyWifeSeeingChangedMetsWhole LifeBitterDickensUnleashedRampage Author:Felicity Jones
“I think [Charles] Dickens was an extrovert and Nelly [Ternan] an introvert, and I think that Nelly saw beyond the fame and adulation and she actually loved Dickens essentially for who he was. So I think he felt like she was someone he could be himself with.” ThinkingFeltSawsFameIntrovertDickensExtrovertsAdulation Author:Felicity Jones
“I think I actually did a production of "Under Milkwood," this Welsh play, with my drama group (at school), and I always remember taking everything far too seriously, and that it wasn't just a hobby but something I wanted to keep on doing.” ThinkingPlayWantedSchoolRememberGroupsDramaProductionsHobbiesWelsh Author:Felicity Jones
“I was into Virginia Woolf and James Joyce [at university] and I think we all thought that [Charles] Dickens wasn't that cool.” ThinkingUniversityVirginiaDickensJoyceWoolf Author:Felicity Jones
“I really enjoyed it - being involved in watching rushes and playback [in "The Invisible Woman"]. Ralph [Fiennes] was very open to my input, I think knowing that he couldn't always be there 100 percent, that he had dual aims with directing and acting.” ThinkingActingKnowingInvolvedPercentAimInvisibleEnjoyedInput Author:Felicity Jones
“I want to be paid fairly for the work that I'm doing. That's what every single woman around the world wants. We want to be paid on parity with a man in a similar position. And I think it's important to talk about it.... It's brave of those women to come forward and make a point about it. Now younger actresses will have a confidence in those discussions with their agents and be able to say, "Can we make sure that I'm being paid the right amount for the work that I'm doing?"” ThinkingMenWorldImportantBraveDiscussionSingle Women Author:Felicity Jones
“Going to auditions is always so nerve-wracking. I don't think they ever get any easier.” Thinking Author:Felicity Jones
“There's so much of a desire in the entertainment industry for newness, a desire to build somebody up and then treat them as old news within six months. I think you'd be naive if you didn't try to hold on to your own way of doing things.” IfsThinkingWayTryingDesireMonthsIndustrySixNewsTreatsEntertainmentSix MonthsNaiveEntertainment IndustryNewnessOld News Author:Felicity Jones
“But for everyone, I think, there is always a pressure to conform, and I guess as you get older you realize it's less interesting to do that. It starts with you, though, saying, 'I know what I like doing and that's what I'm going to do.” ThinkingKnowsRealizingInterestingPressureConform Author:Felicity Jones
“I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.” ThinkingSometimesHomeActorsDislocation Author:Felicity Jones
“I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.” ThinkingTryingMotherIndependentAlways Trying Author:Felicity Jones
