Quotes by Holliday Grainger

About Holliday Grainger:

Holliday Clark Grainger is a British screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles include Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime series The Borgias and Estella in Mike Newell's adaptation of Great Expectations.
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'The Borgias' is quite good because it does stick quite steadfastly to historical fact, so a lot of people who are interested in the historical element will love watching it, but they were also a ridiculously dramatic family.

Holliday Grainger

I'd love to do more independent films.

Holliday Grainger

I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well. I'd love to be able to do a mixture.

Holliday Grainger

As much as I'd love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.

Holliday Grainger

I've got a massive actor girl crush on Carey Mulligan, so I'd love to be buddies with her. She just oozes this joyful, natural innocence and always brings a nice emotional depth to her character.

Holliday Grainger

True love, especially first love, can be so tumultuous and passionate that it feels like a violent journey.

Holliday Grainger

To be able to analyze plays and novels is so relevant to acting.

Holliday Grainger

I seem to play a lot of troubled kids.

Holliday Grainger

I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible.

Holliday Grainger

I don't really have any strategy for my career.

Holliday Grainger

I'm very lucky, as I've never ever felt any pressure from any producer to lose weight, whereas a lot of actresses have.

Holliday Grainger

Long scenes of emotion are quite difficult - you've got to build up to them and make sure you're in the right emotional space.

Holliday Grainger

The media was completely influential in the rise and fall of Bonnie and Clyde.

Holliday Grainger

It's always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.

Holliday Grainger

Jack Thorne writes so well for messed-up teenage girls.

Holliday Grainger

I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought I could get away with it.

Holliday Grainger

I don't have any massive ambitions to be a movie star.

Holliday Grainger

I'd like to continue acting as long as I enjoy it.

Holliday Grainger

You'll always end up filling out a character. It might be with aspects of yourself.

Holliday Grainger

When I was younger, I was always being told I had a period face, but 'Bel Ami' was my first shot at it.

Holliday Grainger

Author Bio

  • NameHolliday Grainger
  • DescriptionEnglish actress
  • BornMarch 27, 1988
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor