Georgina Campbell Quotes

I'm not really into destiny, but it's funny - I bumped into a woman who told me about an audition, and now I have a BAFTA.

- Georgina Campbell

I don't know if I ever really think about being a role model. But I guess if you're in the public eye and people are looking at what you do, you do want to be a good role model, and you want to kind of be seen in a good light.

- Georgina Campbell

You just never see people of different ethnicities in period dramas.

- Georgina Campbell

Within the media, the way that women are portrayed - especially young women - sometimes there is a lot of sexual objectification and, I would say, 'lad culture.' These are all things that connect with domestic abuse.

- Georgina Campbell

I was 16 and standing on Tottenham Court Road when this woman came over and asked me if I was an actress. She wanted me to audition for an online drama she was directing. I had time to kill, so I thought, 'Why not?'

- Georgina Campbell

I've always wanted to do a horror film. I don't know if my agent will be happy I said that when I get sent some crap horror films, but I'd like to do a good one, like 'It Follows,' or 'The Babadook.'

- Georgina Campbell

America seems much more diverse and has more exciting casting - they really take risks.

- Georgina Campbell

I've not been discriminated against, but I can see it happen. And not just race but gender and sexuality, too. It's stereotyping, lazy casting, which is an issue: that people can't see outside the box.

- Georgina Campbell

I would love to say something really cool, because I did film studies. So, like, a Jean-Luc Goddard film - something like that. But I genuinely would love to be in 'Titanic.' I'm such a loser. That's, like, my childhood film. Like, I love it.

- Georgina Campbell

I think people in the U.K. should be concerned about the under-representation of BAME actors in TV and Film, because it is an incorrect reflection of our society.

- Georgina Campbell

It's a shame that ethnic minorities aren't getting a crack at different types of roles. There needs to be a bit of a change.

- Georgina Campbell

People who are in abusive relationships often don't realise it, but it slowly seems to build until you're trapped.

- Georgina Campbell

Sometimes, with portrayals of domestic violence, the women involved are just victims with no personality, just completely trodden-down. But people continue to live their normal lives: they go out; they continue to have arguments with their partners, even if there is always the fear of where that might end up.

- Georgina Campbell

It's so hard to get into this industry. There are so many people who are so talented, and they never get those opportunities.

- Georgina Campbell

Awards do get you 'that profile,' but then you have to do the rest of the work - it's not just a case of 'now you don't have to do anything.'

- Georgina Campbell

I'd like to work at the Royal Court Theatre, please.

- Georgina Campbell

I have used dating apps a couple of times in the past and met people, but it is a difficult thing because you're meeting someone who you really don't know and you have no link to. I have friends who have had great relationships after meeting on Tinder or Bumble, so I'd never say never, but it hasn't worked for me.

- Georgina Campbell

The narrative of, 'You won an award, so you're going to skyrocket' - it's very emotive language but not necessarily true. I've definitely got auditions I wouldn't have got before, but it's not like jobs get rained down on you.

- Georgina Campbell

We've always had a sadistic obsession with technology.

- Georgina Campbell

Really good leading roles are few and far between, and there is so much competition because there are so many fantastic actresses in this country.

- Georgina Campbell

So many fantastic male characters are brooding, angry, and not nice; that doesn't happen as much with women.

- Georgina Campbell

A childhood favourite that has stayed with me over the years is Kate Winslet. She's an amazing British actress who always delivers no matter what role she's in. Another actress I've found incredibly inspiring is Olivia Colman.

- Georgina Campbell

I watch everything with Olivia Colman in.

- Georgina Campbell

I've always really liked murder mysteries and thrillers, and great to be able to be actually part of one.

- Georgina Campbell

I'm ambivalent about tech.

- Georgina Campbell

If you read the script, and the character's got something in it that you relate to, then I am keen. But I really think, a lot of the time, my successful auditions are those where I really care about the characters.

- Georgina Campbell

I wanted to be an air hostess because I thought it was the most glamorous thing - and I'd never been on a plane.

- Georgina Campbell

When you're an actor, people just take it for granted that you're really confident and can get up in front a stage full of people and just speak to them.

- Georgina Campbell

I do think that being a BAME actor does make it difficult to avoid stereotypes.

- Georgina Campbell

It happens a lot that women have to play the girlfriend role, which isn't as three-dimensional as the male role.

- Georgina Campbell

My mum records everything I'm in on VHS. Like, who still has VHS? I told her it's all online now, but she still tapes it.

- Georgina Campbell

Anything in which you're playing someone real does make you feel responsible for making the story as true as it can be.

- Georgina Campbell

I think there's always a way to bring something, even if it is just the girlfriend role, as long as you're playing it with an idea of who that person is on their own, away from the male character.

- Georgina Campbell