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That's What Acting Is. You're Pretending To Be Someone Else.

Learning Is The Most Important Thing, No Mater How You Do It, Or Where You Do It, Or Who You Do It With.

When I Was Younger, I Would Mess About And Have A Laugh With Everyone. I Was Doing Atonement When I Was About 12, And As We Went To Do This Very Serious Scene, The Director Joe [wright] Came Up To Me ... I'd Been Giggling Right Up To The Beginning Of The Take. And He Came Up To Me And Said, "okay, You Need To Be Serious Now." I Completely Idolized Him.

I Remember Being On Atonement And It Felt Very Right To Be There. There Was So Much Excitement Every Day. I Remember Very Vividly How It Felt To Be A Child On A Film Set, And That Is Actually Really Important To Hold On To For As Long As You Continue To Make Films.

If I'm In The Middle Of A Take And I Start To Think About What I'm Doing, I Just Mess Up And I Have To Stop And So I Find That For Me, You Really Need To Trust Your Instinct.