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QUOTES

PERSONAL QUOTES

ON HERSELF
» "I have to sleep on the right side of the bed. I don't know why. ... I dip my French fries into chocolate milk shakes. I've never had a sex dream." [on her hidden quirks]

» "I’m English, definitely. I don’t feel like I’m American in any way."

» "I don’t have any regrets and I hope to God I never have regrets in my life. Everything I’ve experienced has been for a reason."

» "I do have foot-in-mouth disease, obviously!"

» "I don't eat salads and I drink fat coffee instead of skinny coffee. One day I know I'm going to wake up and I'll be out to here and my bum will be on the floor."

» "I've just had a normal life so I'm fine with who I am and I'm fine with cellulite, I know it's normal. I'm not under any delusions of perfection and I don't feel glamorous at all."

» "I'm not inherently self-conscious but if people start to scrutinise you, you kind of battle with things which before I'd never ever have give a flying hoot to. If you have a hangover and you're in your pyjamas and you want to get a pint of milk, there's a slight element of 'What will they say?' But then there's also a rebellion that comes with that which is 'Fuck it, I don't give a shit!'And thank God, I'm on that side still"

» “I am a pretty good cook. I love it. Italian, English – I do a mean roast chicken. I love cooking. It’s kind of a therapy and I can zone out completely.”

ON HER PARENTS AND UPBRINGING
» “I went to an all-girls boarding school for most of my youth. We used to do stupid, fun girlythings like pull tights over our faces and streak through the lacrosse pitch. And once I snogged the gardener.”

» "I was brought up in a very creative environment. I always went to the theatre and the ballet with my mum and I knew that I wanted to do something creative.”

» "All I can remember is being excited at getting two Christmas stockings and living in two homes. Both my parents have been loving and supportive, and after an acrimonious divorce they're now good friends and go on holiday together." [on her parents divorce]

» "We're a big, dysfunctional, functional family. I love it the way it is because it's mad, but we're all the best of friends." [on her family]

"I had my first serious boyfriend when I was 16 and my mother made sure I brought him home. She didn't want me doing it outside and would say, 'I'd rather you did it in my house if you're going to do it at all.' It was a very open household but I only brought home guys I really liked. My mother was very warm and accepting of anything we got into as children."

ON HER CAREER
» “I've wanted to be an actress for as long as I can remember, and I can say I was almost born in the theatre. My mum went into labour while she was watching the Nut-CrackerSuite in New York - apparently I was kicking like mad”

» "As an actress I feel that if you start to impose your own inhibitions then you are not doing your job. And I’m fascinated by people who are extrovert, so I guess I’ve got a lot more nudity to come."

» “Yes, there are films that I’ve turned down that would have been far more lucrative and would have made my agents happier, but that’s not the point. That’s not what I want.”

» "I think your job as an actress is to convince an audience that you are the character you are playing. So, obviously, the less people know about your personal life and who you are as a person, the easier it is for you to be a blank canvas for the character to be on. Which is why people like De Niro and Nicholson never really did interviews, never really wanted to reveal too much of themselves."

» "There's been a lot of scandal in my life, and I think that's why people want to see you as a certain thing. They don't want to hear that I didn't miss a day's work. Never been demanding on a set. If you talked to anyone I've worked with, they'd probably back me up. My work is really my most important thing."

» "I find it difficult to be anything other than myself. But it's all good. I feel like I'm doing the right thing in my work, and everything will hopefully go away with the more work I do."

» "I don't think it's the right time for me to be a Bond girl. It may undo the hard work I have been doing this year."

» "What is all the fuss? I blame men as they make out it's far more interesting than it is." [on her stripping in films]

ON HER FILMS
» "This was the 1960s, so when I do Edie I'll chop off all my hair. It'll be great to cut it, and great to play Edie. She was gorgeous, but she destroyed herself."

» "She's a strong, independent woman among these flirtatious, silly women - she holds firm to what she believes in and refuses to be seduced. Casanova is charming, charismatic and beautiful, but the appeal for Francesca was actually that he sacrificed himself for her, that's the moment she falls in love with him. It's more about self- sacrifice and less about his charms, and what other women are drawn to" [about 'Casanova']

» "I got to wear corsets in the movie. They are so romantic, they look fantastic, although they are agony ... They squeeze you to within an inch of your life. I loved the cleavage, though .. I never realized I had breasts until the movie." [about wearing corsets in 'Casanova']

» "Edie was skinnier than I was, so director George Hickenlooper wanted me to lose weight. But I can't work that hard and not eat. He'd come and try to snatch bagels out of my hands" [on Factory Girl]

ON HER PERSONAL LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS
» "There's this quote, apparently of mine, that goes, 'I still pinch myself when I wake up with Jude because he's such a gorgeous man'. When I wake up with Jude what I do is my business but, believe me, I don't pinch myself! It's degrading! You have to sit there and stomach it and think, 'Oh well, no one's reading this'"

» "Personally I've met a few Casanovas that I've liked, and a few that I haven't ... and I hope to meet a few more!"

» "It's a nice idea that we could maybe work things out." [about her relationship with Jude Law]

» "It was a very loving, very close relationship." [on her relationship with Jude Law]

» “The second film I did was Alfie, and I met Jude and fell in love with a man who happened to be a very successful, very talented actor. And all the attention I received was only because I happened to fall in love with someone who was famous.”

» "But I was in a relationship from the age of 19 to 24, and I'm just 25 now, so I don't know where - in among that time of being engaged and everything - I found the time to sleep with all of those people." [on romance rumours]

» "Intelligence. And food. Intelligence and oysters will do fine. Enthusiasm is attractive. And a sense of humor. A not conventionally attractive person with a sense of humor and fierce intelligence is very attractive - and long- lasting. Looks fade. Intelligence grows - hopefully." [on what she looks for in a man]

» "They (mature men) want a sophisticated woman. But then I can also behave like a crazy young thing ... and they can't keep up." [on dating older men]

ON HER STYLE AND CLOTHES
» "I know people compare me to Kate [Moss] a lot after that media hype started. But it´s not that I´m trying to get her look, truly not. But I like what she´s wearing and we seem to share taste to a certain extent."

» "Style is definitely a combination of place, occasion, surroundings, body and mood. And to be honest, I sometimes don´t spare neither trouble nor expense. Fortunately I can afford to do so now, but style doesn´t mean you have to stick to all-brands-looks. The thing is, you can´t buy style and you can only slowly learn it."

» "I desperately want to be seen as something other than someone who just wears clothes. This whole fashion thing is not anything I've wanted particularly. People think I wear nice stuff. That is lovely and flattering but not important. I don't go to fashion shows. I have always collected vintage clothes. I love the smell of old material just from being a little girl when I enjoyed dressing up."

» "I like clothes. I'm a girl and I collect clothes. I love the kind of history behind who has worn them before."

» "You know, the whole fashion thing, I get it really wrong and I get completely slammed for stuff as well because I just sort of dress how I want to dress and it's great. People respond well to it, but I get a lot of criticism and I get it wrong. I just wear what I want. I think that's the key - to not dress for anyone but yourself."

» "Then they put make-up all over your body so it looks like you have a nice bum, whereas normally it's not the same. There is a lot of make-up on so you don't see the stretch marks that us girls all have." [on how she looks good on screen]

» "The secret is to know what you´re doing. And then every other person will notice that you know. No matter what I´m wearing, I try to always make it look casually, but never arbitrary. Never ostentatious.

ON THE PRESS ATTENTION SHE GETS
» "People whinge about the press, but you can't because you make your bed and then you have to sleep in it. In a dream world I would like to be able to do what I do and not get photographed in my pyjamas with my dogs picking up shit everyday, but if that goes with the territory, I would rather have that than not do this"

» "I don't know there is any formula or any kind of way to do it. Suppose just don't read it and just try to live as normal a life as possible. People can speculate about your life. You just have to be thick-skinned, I suppose." [on how she deals with press attention]

» "If what happened to me in the last 12 months raised my profile, well, I'd rather have a smaller profile. It's been pretty horrible. I'm a really normal girl, and I don't want bodyguards, I don't want security people. And I don't think this media onslaught has been a boost to my career. I guess the most upsetting thing is that some press have said that I've actually been offered roles because of all of this publicity, which is actually untrue." [on 2005]

» "It makes me uncomfortable because I don't think it's as a result of having a film come out, I think it's as a result of being scrutinized because of the relationship I'm in." [on the press attention she gets]

» "I'm very happy about it to be really honest! But I think it's as a result of being scrutinised because of the relationship that I'm in. If it was because of the work, it would be more justified." [on her new-found fame]

» "It makes me angry that I have been linked to every single actor I have ever met. I've just come out of a relationship I was in for three years, and before that I was in a relationship for two years, so I've actually had a boyfriend for five years. But I have this reputation that I've s***ged this bloke and this bloke. There's no truth in most of this. I meet Josh Hartnett and suddenly people are wondering what our babies would look like. Because I'm inherently rebellious, I think, 'Why can't I have male friends who are actors? This is my world. Why should I change and be discreet, that isn't who I am."

» "I was walking down the street in London, when all of a sudden, I hear footsteps behind me, then people jumping out from all sides, and flashes everywhere. From a late night walk, in the pitch dark, by what I thought to be by myself, to the center of the world in one minute is ridiculous."

"I am really just quite tired of it all...I met up with a cheating heart, my soul was squeezed, and I left. It happens, and most people don't have an audience to answer to."

ON OTHER CELEBRITIES
» "I would have loved to be able to work with him more. He is incredibly raw and gritty and talented, and he's so bold. What he has done with James Bond is so exciting and brilliant." [on Daniel Craig]

» "She is a really good friend of mine, she is a wonderful girl. Eats like a pig for everyone out there who calls her anorexic." [on Keira Knightley]

"I love Keira. She is so nice and she gets me and where I'm coming from. We always chat about how weird the public attention is and boys. I've found a new friend for life. I've had a real blast hanging around with Keira." [on Keira Knightley]

"I adore her and she is a flawless actress. She works so hard, and she's so sweet, funny and self-deprecating and kind, and literally...she'll be a friend for life. I'll love her until the day I die." [on Keira Knightley]

"There are elements of (fame), whether it seems glamorous from an exterior point of view or not, that are really really hard to deal with. And (Keira) is finding it hard, and I'm finding it very hard, and to sit there and be able to talk to each and say 'yes, this is really difficult and I understand' is great." [on Keira Knightley]

ON EVERYTHING ELSE
» “Men’s traditional view of sexiness isn’t sexy. It shouldn’t be so obvious: push-up bras and miniskirts? Sexiness, to me, is when people are comfortable with themselves.”

» “I think American men are more conscious of putting up a good impression. There’s more of an earthiness to Englishmen. But Americans aren’t afraid to come up and say, ‘Hi, I’d like to go out with you.’ Englishmen are far more sheepish about it.”

» "There used to be glamour in the film industry. Now they prefer to have a photo of you with half a burger in your mouth or in your pajamas…. I'm not a fan of them, I have to say." [on the paparazzi and celebrity magazines]

» "You get older and you have experiences that change you, and you come out stronger and more mature as a result. I guess that’s the process of life.”

» "There are millions of people out there, and they are entitled to write what they want. I'd rather that than you're banned by the state from having an opinion."

» "In order to make the monkey respond, you have to blow at its mouth and it'll kiss you. So I sort of made out with the monkey." [on her 2007 photoshoot with Esquire]

» "With me it's a terrible thing, but with Kate Moss, it is deemed to be so cool." [on smoking]

» "I'm a liberal at heart; I don't want to vote Conservative. I'd vote Green, but I know it's a wasted vote or whatever, but it's the only party with integrity. I'm not saying we live in a dictatorship, in a fascist regime, because that's really disrespectful to people who do live in countries that are."

"I love them. Love them. I think the more positive approach you have to smoking, the less harmful it is." [on cigarettes]

"In a world where you're encouraged to have your universe revolve around yourself, suddenly it doesn't. I know I want that, because I have way too much love to give. If I have a child, it can all go there. Life, I think, will suddenly make sense."

"There were times when I felt it was all too much. I needed to talk to someone about it. She [the therapist] asked a particularly difficult question and I began hurling insults. It ended with me calling her a cow." [on trying therapy after her break-up with Jude Law]

"I love to spend a day in the sun at the beach, it is so relaxing. The sound of the waves crashing can be hypnotizing, and the warm sand is heaven to lie on. If I could, I would be there all day every day."

MOVIES & TV QUOTES

Stardust

Tristan: "Victoria, for your hand in marriage, I'd cross oceans."
Victoria: [giggles] "You're funny, Tristan."

Factory Girl

Edie: "No-one is doing anything like you right now and that is a sign of brilliance don't you think?"

Edie: "The party doesn't start until I arrive!"

Edie: "What would I have to do in one of your movies?"

Edie: "Don't be jealous Andy he's nothing like you."

Edie: "Your movies have made a fool out of me!"

Edie: "I went to a party once, and there was a palm reader there and when she looked at my hand, she just froze. And I said to her "I know. My lifeline is broken. I know I won't live past thirty."

Edie: "You are so much fun. How come you don't spend more time with us?"
Richie: "Because of my lips."
Edie: "Your lips?"
Richie: "They have a hard time kissing Andy Warhol's ass."

Edie: "And what would I have to do in one of your movies?"
Andy: "Just be yourself."
Edie: "Well which one?"
James Townsend: "You're going to be bankrupt soon."
Edie: "James, you take life too seriously. How could I possibly be bankrupt? My grandfather invented the elevator."
James Townsend: "Then you should be familiar with the concept of up and down."

Andy: "I wonder if people are going to remember us?"
Edie: "What, when we're dead?"
Andy "Yeah."
Edie: "Well I think people will talk about how you changed the world."
Andy "I wonder what they'll say about you... in your obituary. I like that word."
Edie: "Nothing nice, I don't think."
Andy "No no, come on. They'd say, "Edith Minturn Sedgwick: beautiful artist and actress..."
Edie: "...and all around loon."
Andy "...Remembered for setting the world on fire..."
Edie: "...and escaping the clutches of her terrifying family..."
Andy "...Made friends with eeeeverybody, and anybody..."
Edie: "...creating chaos and uproar wherever she went. Divorced as many times as she married, she leaves only good wishes behind." [laughs] "That's nice, isn't it?

Casanova

Casanova: Casanova the philosopher, who devotes his life to the perfection of experience?
Francesca: No, Casanova the libertine, who devotes his life to seducing women.
Casanova: Well, we're obviously talking about the same person.

Francesca: Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me I would love him alone and forever.

Francesca: True love does not grow with the number of lovers. It wastes away.

Giovanni: I'm in hell.
Francesca: I'm busy.

Casanova: I, too, come here to make confession.
Francesca: What have you to confess?
Casanova: Well, let's see. Jealousy. Pride. Covetousness. Despair. And you?
Francesca: I came to prepare my soul for marriage.

Casanova: I have too long dominated the conversation. What are your thoughts on the matter?
Francesca: What did you just say?

Alfie

Keen Eddie

Fiona: "Your dog is using my cat as a shag toy."

Fiona: Well we're in trouble then aren't we?
Eddie: We certainly are, especially if you think that top goes with those pants.

Eddie: Good morning.
Fiona: Oh, is it? Has your visa expired?

Eddie: What's wrong with the old toaster?
Fiona: It didn't make me happy.

Eddie: You know what I like about you?
Fiona: What?
Eddie: Nothing.

Eddie: By the way, Milli called. She said you're okay for tonight.
Eddie: [to Mitchell] Sounds pretty serious, doesn't it?
Fiona: Mitchell, ignore what you're hearing. Milli's a friend from work.
Eddie: You know, you should bring her by a little more often - we kinda had a "vibe" going, me and her.
Fiona: She thinks you're crass.
Eddie: Ah, then again she is gay - I mean, it's biological. What can you do about it? And you guys make such a great couple, i wouldn't want to break that up. Oh, my God, look at the time.

Eddie: Why can't you just say "good morning?"
Fiona: Why can't you just say "I've found my own flat." Five simple words to brighten up a rainy day. It's not hard. I've. Found. My. Own. Flat.
Eddie: Really? When are you moving out?

Eddie: Oh, yeah. Pete and your fur coat - they're like a couple now.
Fiona: Aha. And are they..."mating?"
Eddie: I think it's safe to say they're past 3rd base.

Fiona: Get out.
Eddie: Out of the kitchen?
Fiona: Out of the kitchen, out of the flat, out of London, out of the world. It's full. Get out.
Eddie: I can't get out of the world. I didn't pull the kind of math grades you need to qualify for the space program.

Eddie: What's in the soup?
Fiona: Wouldn't you like to know.
Eddie: Yes, I would so I could seek the proper medical attention.

Fiona: Hello?
Eddie: Hi, remember me?
Fiona: No, I don't think I could forget you Eddie, even with therapy.
Eddie: God, I like you so much better with some distance between us.
Fiona: Well then back up just a few more steps. Keep going until you hit America. Look whatd'you want - your sourness is ruining my sauce.
Eddie: Listen, I forgot my razor. I was wondering if you could put it in a bag and leave it on the porch. I already sent somebody over to pick it up.
Fiona: I can't touch you razor, I haven't had the proper shots. Besides doesn't you and your girlfriend like the rough look?
Eddie: What're you talking about?
Fiona: You should pick up a newspaper from time to time. Your razor awaits.

OTHERS ABOUT SIENNA

Keira Knightley: "I so admire Sienna Miller, she's wicked. She's really beautiful and looks f***ing great all the time. There aren't many 20-year-old girls who don't want to be Sienna Miller."

Daniel Craig: "Sienna is special, she has chutzpah. I've heard she's considering giving up because of the pressure - but this is one artist who shouldn't."

Guy Pearce: "Sienna was great, very bright and very funny. She's perceptive and smart and would give anyone a run for the money. She's a major inspiration. It's definitely Edie's story, about the effect that Andy has on her, but more about her growth and her demise. Sienna was a breath of fresh air. I just adore her."

Matthew Vaughn: "You meet a lot of girls who take up acting for a laugh, but can't act. When Sienna came in, she just had that star appeal, that thing you can't define, and she can act."

Holly Wiersma: "When Sienna walks into a room, everything just stops - she has that rare quality.”

Matthew Rhys: “The girls (Sienna and 'Edge Of Love' co-star Keira Knightley) are always trying to crack me up. Especially Miller – she’s very mischievous.”

Keira Knightley: "I wish I was Sienna Miller. I watch that girl and she's just fabulous. She talks to everyone and laughs and smiles and looks as if she is genuinely enjoying herself. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does. She could give master classes in being the most amazing party guest."

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