Quotes by Imogen Poots

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Imogen Gay Poots is an English actress. She is best known for playing Tammy in the post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film 28 Weeks Later (2007) and Julia in the American action movie Need For Speed (2014).
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You have to think about what you want to do. There is nothing to say that you should study from the age of 20 to 23. I learnt more on a film set at 17 than in the classroom.

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I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places.

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I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York, it's different - even uptown it's really grand, and there's no real segregation there. It's all mixed up.

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I love art, but not in a cliched, luvvie way.

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It's kind of funny, with all of the different outlets that come from acting that you could try, I would love to direct and kind of be involved in art direction, too.

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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.

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I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but it's to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.

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I'm lucky in that I have close friends and family and my agent to advise me.

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The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're English, too.'

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You collect people to take with you. Some people change, other people don't... it's wonderful because I've met some incredible friends.

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I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally.

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My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've...

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I generally try and have great days, because I feel very lucky to be doing what I'm doing.

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'Fright Night' I can just about deal with. Because the original is such a 1980s extravaganza. Which is a good thing. Obviously. But something like 'The Others' or anything psychological: I'm no good with that. I don't like it when there's space for m...

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I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.

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Unfortunately, Poots is the name that I've been graced with for my life, but it's not short for anything - apart from Imogen Poots.

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I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.

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I really love the '90s. I love the music from then for sure, and to go back to New York then would be a really wonderful thing.

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I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.

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I love America a lot. I really do.

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Author Bio

  • NameImogen Poots
  • DescriptionBritish actress and model
  • AliasesImogen Gay Poots
  • BornJune 3, 1989
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Model