Quotes by Andrea Riseborough

About Andrea Riseborough:

Andrea Louise Riseborough is an English stage and film actress. Her film appearances include Birdman, Oblivion, Welcome to the Punch, Disconnect, Shadow Dancer, W.E., Brighton Rock, Made in Dagenham, Never Let Me Go, Happy-Go-Lucky, and Venus.
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I think impersonation is a great art. It's something that I enjoy doing, in a frivolous and lighthearted way. But I don't flatter myself to think I'm an impersonator.

Andrea Riseborough

I subscribe to no religion. But I believe that in the creation of art, there can be moments of God.

Andrea Riseborough

Every time you get the chance to work with somebody you admire and would like to collaborate with... it feels like the best opportunity that's ever come your way, whether that's in fringe theatre or a really big-budget Hollywood movie.

Andrea Riseborough

I think the most important thing when you're telling a story is to just tell the story as best as you possibly can.

Andrea Riseborough

I have no interest in doing anything other than good work.

Andrea Riseborough

Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess.

Andrea Riseborough

I am quite odd-looking in real life.

Andrea Riseborough

When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in.

Andrea Riseborough

You can't tell what's going to fulfill you in different stages in your life.

Andrea Riseborough

I love the company of actors, but the crazier it gets, the more I've come to realise how valuable my time is with my friends who work on the land or are builders or, you know, make music. Work in offices. Run shops.

Andrea Riseborough

I am a Graham Greene fan - I'm just a ferocious reader. I read an awful lot when I get the time.

Andrea Riseborough

I think any artist is a perfectionist by their nature.

Andrea Riseborough

I'm interested in having a relationship with the world that's not my own.

Andrea Riseborough

When you're playing a romantic version of a real person, you're playing a version of the truth.

Andrea Riseborough

Maybe I've just been incredibly fortunate, but there's a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day.

Andrea Riseborough

My face is almost like a canvas - a blank canvas in the sense that the hair on my face is very, very fine and my skin is incredibly fair and my hair is quite dark, and that's very unusual.

Andrea Riseborough

I'm an artist; affirmation is like catnip to me.

Andrea Riseborough

I don't like getting dressed up. It's hard because as a woman, as an actor, the whole world wants you to enjoy dressing up.

Andrea Riseborough

I think it's the easiest thing in the world to be horribly critical about yourself.

Andrea Riseborough

People think I'm totally crackers.

Andrea Riseborough

Author Bio

  • NameAndrea Riseborough
  • DescriptionBritish actress
  • BornOctober 27, 1981
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor