Kelly Reilly famous quotes

Every moment of living has its own logic, its own meaning.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Meaningful #Logic #Moments

My personal life, my normal life, is so important to me. To be able to go back to my personal life and leave characters behind is important; I don't keep them with me.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Character #Important #Able

Theatre is where my heart is. It's where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that's what I want to come back to.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Heart #Theatre #Want

I hate to say that my mother was 'just a housewife', because in addition to that she has had lots of part-time secretarial jobs in factories and hospitals, always working really hard for our family.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Mother #Jobs #Hate

There is a part of me that is not fulfilled by acting. It is a self-involved life; it can feel shallow, but not very often.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Self #Acting #Shallow

We live in a celebrity-obsessed society.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Obsessed

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do it and days where it's just not happening, and I feel like that's how it is with all artists; you have some days it kind of works.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Artist #Kind #Horrible

When I was younger, I used to write to directors when I was unsure I could play a role. I'd say: 'You've made a terrible mistake.'
-- Kelly Reilly

#Mistake #Writing #Play

When it comes to my work, I'm fearless. I go with my gut.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Fearless #Guts

I'm a theater actress. I love rehearsal. I could have six weeks of rehearsal and think it's not enough. But on film, you don't get that luxury.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Thinking #Luxury #Rehearsal

I'm not a show-off; I'm not an exhibitionist.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Shows #Showing Off

I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Girl #Coward #Noel

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Wish #Magazines

It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Laughing #Lovely #Groups

My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Believe #Humility #Littles

The reason I act is because I'm trying to understand why people are as they are.
-- Kelly Reilly

#People #Trying #Reason

I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Acting

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Girl #Real #Men

Literally, I don't know where life is gonna go from one day to the next, and that's as exciting as it is tiring.
-- Kelly Reilly

#One Day #Next #Life Is

My dad is such a good man, hard-working.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Dad #Hard Work #Men

Obviously, education is hugely important, along with healthcare. They're the basics and you're hurting your own country if you don't pour money into them.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Country #Hurt #Important

Acting has always been such escapism for me.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Acting #Escapism

As an actor, you always want to keep it different, change it up, and, you know, just to keep yourself inspired and work with interesting characters.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Character #Interesting #Different

At my school, Shakespeare wasn't on the syllabus - at least not for me.
-- Kelly Reilly

#School #Syllabus

Being at the pinnacle of my career is not to turn up in some multiplex blockbuster.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Careers #Pinnacle #Turns

Every job feels like my first.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Jobs #Firsts #Feels

I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not - that's what drives me and excites me and lights me up.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Light #Needs

I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?
-- Kelly Reilly

#Fashion #Who Cares #Want

I love actresses who are brave and don't do what's expected of them or don't play off how they look or take risks.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Play #Brave #Risk

I love strong women in films that are allowed to play women and not male fantasies.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Strong Women #Play #Strong Love

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Artist #Needs #Let Me

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Thinking #Drawing #Needs

Women do well in their thirties. They put their bags down and say, 'This is who I am - like it or lump it.' There is a more relaxed quality, which I like.
-- Kelly Reilly

#Who I Am #Quality #Bags