Quotes by Samantha Morton

About Samantha Morton:

Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress. She has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades throughout her career, including one BAFTA TV Award, one Golden Globe Award and has been nominated twice for an Academy Award and once for an Emmy Award.
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I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.

Samantha Morton

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

Samantha Morton

I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.

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I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

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I am proud of what I've done.

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I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.

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I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.

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I like to stretch my acting muscles.

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I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

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I was physically abused and I retaliated.

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I've been in front of a camera since I was a little girl, and that's the medium I understand.

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I think once you're a mother to one, you're a mother to them all.

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It's important to have masculine energy around your child.

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I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.

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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.

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I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.

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I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insa...

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You get very possessive about characters, you feel you can see it in your mind and you want to play it.

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I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.

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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

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Author Bio

  • NameSamantha Morton
  • DescriptionEnglish actress and film director
  • BornMay 13, 1977
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Film Director