Maybe I’ve just been incredibly fortunate, but there’s a level of dedication, devotion, intensity and seriousness around me every day. – Andrea Riseborough
When you’re playing a romantic version of a real person, you’re playing a version of the truth. – Andrea Riseborough
Sometimes I can think of nothing more blissful than going to Berkeley and reading Byron for three years. – 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 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
When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in. – 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 think it’s the easiest thing in the world to be horribly critical about yourself. – 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
People are fascinating. They’re so unique and I think what’s more fascinating is the reason behind the physical characteristic, the enigma, that’s where the gold dust is. – Andrea Riseborough
Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don’t realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years. – Andrea Riseborough
Sometimes I can receive the world and regurgitate my version of events easily and sometimes it’s hard. – 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
Often, I’ll read a script and the female character’s an extension or serves some sort of purpose in terms of the male character’s narrative and it just isn’t fully formed. But they will be very beautiful. Whether a secretary or a doctor or a vet, they will be very beautiful. – Andrea Riseborough
There’s something really simple and idyllic about living in a house very close to the water. – Andrea Riseborough
When I was little, I would always try and look into the television screen along the sides. I kept thinking if you looked in there, you could see what was happening off camera. – 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
