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When I got to know Margot Robbie on the set of 'The Legend of Tarzan,' I learned just how important it is to be lovely to everyone you meet.

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Lovely, Set, Learned, Legend

It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that.

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Soul, I Think, Very, Flirt

Whenever anybody asked me, 'Who is your number one director to work with?' I would always say Tim Burton.

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Director, Always, Anybody, None

Twenty is a hard time. It doesn't matter what profession you're in or how much experience you have, you're always going to be haunted by this feeling of failing. It's terrifying.

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Always, Going, Profession, Haunted

All women are strong, and we don't need to write stronger female roles; what we need to start writing is real women that have emotions and have real-life thoughts.

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Strong, Thoughts, Emotions, Real Women

I used to think fashion was silly, and now I think it can be one of the purest expressions of art.

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Art, Think, I Think, Expressions

What I love about this job is it's literally a different day every single day, isn't it? One day you're a nurse, the next day you're in a band - you can just make it up. I'm just a big kid, and that's really what this job is - just playing dress-up every day.

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Love, Big, Next, Single Day

I had quite a bit of experience doing things that had been adapted from a book and playing real-life characters and playing the younger version of actors. That's kind of my thing.

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Doing, Younger, Been, Adapted

Keira Knightley remains one of my mentors. I absolutely love her and will turn to her for industry advice or reassurance or validation at any time. She is very classy and elegant and lovely. I have a bit of a woman-crush on Keira.

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Love, Advice, Very, Reassurance

I can't just pretend to be someone else all my life. I have to mix it up.

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Life, My Life, Pretend, Mix

Social media can be so damaging.

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Media, Social, Damaging, Social Media

I love movies where you can tell who's directed it even before the credits roll in, like Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantino. People who make very stylized types of film.

- Ella Purnell

Love, Before, Very, Credits

I'd like to be smart, fun, and real. It's very easy to just put together a pretty dress, some heels, and some jewels. I don't want to be that girl. It's all about being brave, taking risks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

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Dress, Some, Very, Jewels

I can do a really good animal impression! I'm great at ducks, cats, dogs, and occasionally dolphins.

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Good, Great, Ducks, Dolphins

I've acted for as long as I can remember, really.

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Remember, Long, Really, Acted

I always feel like sugar cubes aren't big enough.

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Big, Always, Like, Sugar

Amy Winehouse is one of my biggest inspirations.

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Inspirations, Biggest, Amy, None

The real friends are the ones who celebrate with you.

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Celebrate, Friends, Real, Real Friends

I don't think there was any point where I was like, 'I want to be an actor for the rest of my life.' The nice thing about being a kid is you don't have to make those decisions. Then all of a sudden, you blink, and you're 18.

- Ella Purnell

My Life, Kid, About, Nice Thing

There's a joke in my family that I'm going to make a career out of playing other people's younger selves.

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Career, Other, Going, Selves

The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch.

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Double, Goes, Stitch, Detail

Moving to New York is a big, brave thing to do.

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New York, New, Big, Brave

I want to be a part of a movie that changes people's conceptual framework, and suddenly you see things in a different way.

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Want, Movie, Different Way, Conceptual

I think it's really hard for filmmakers to adapt books.

- Ella Purnell

Think, I Think, Books, Filmmakers

I'm very fortunate that I really like acting, but it's not all I want to do. I love to sing. I love blues. I love jazz.

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Love, Like, Very, Blues

I don't know any 21-year-old who's not having an existential crisis.

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Know, Crisis, Having, Existential

The 1950s is my favourite era.

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1950s, Favourite, Era

I have anxiety and have had depression in the past.

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Past, Anxiety, In The Past, Depression

At 9, I started taking classes at Sylvia Young Theatre School. One day, they asked if I wanted to join their agency. You get in if you're cute, I guess.

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Young, One Day, Classes, Agency

The world is changing, and you have to keep up with the way the world is changing as well as your own expectations that you set for yourself or that your family might set you.

- Ella Purnell

Own, Might, Set, Expectations

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