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Ruth Negga
Ruth Negga
Ethiopian Actress
Born: Jan 7, 1982
Always Because Me People Think You
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I think if we don't understand history, if we don't keep referring back to it, we become complacent. And complacency, as we all know, it leads to repeating history. Ruth Negga
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The god of theater laughs in your face at planning. You can't plan as an actor; there's no way, because so much of it is dependent on other people's choices and decisions that you're at the whim of fate, really. Ruth Negga
God You People Fate Face Other Way Laughs Because Dependent Theater Whim Decisions Plan Much Really Choices Your Planning Actor
I'm interested in the idea that we all start off as these lovely little babies with all this potential but that circumstances mean that we don't always live the life we should. Ruth Negga
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Violence in film and television is an ongoing conversation, and I like eavesdropping on it, but I'm never sure what my opinion is. I like watching creative violence, but I don't know. Ruth Negga
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I think a lot of actors feel like outsiders or miscreants. This profession provides an opportunity to play out all the different parts of ourselves. Ruth Negga
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I grew up in a lot of different places, so I pick up accents pretty quickly. Ruth Negga
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I'm not in any rush to get anywhere. There's a pressure on actors to get somewhere before it's over. But everyone wants longevity, don't they? It's a career. Why be that flash-in-the-pan, taking every job out of worry it'll soon be over? Ruth Negga
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When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you feel like you're in the way. Ruth Negga
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I like connecting with people, and that's what good art is: a point of connection. There's nothing better, on stage or on film. Ruth Negga
Art Good People Better Stage Nothing Point Like Good Art Connecting Connection Film
My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout. No wonder public-school people always get into politics or acting: they're taught to shout that much more loudly. Ruth Negga
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Bette Davis is my hero. I'm obsessed with her. I base everything I do on her. Ruth Negga
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I didn't have that many black people in my life, so I had to sort of search them out. And I didn't grow up in America, but I identified as much with their writing about the black experience as I did with their writing about the human experience. Ruth Negga
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I have not been aggressive in my pursuit of being a star. I've never had a plan. Maybe I need to be more aggressive, because it's quite tough! Ruth Negga
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You know when you're a kid and you get to pick a movie every Friday? I watched everything. There's no particular genre that was appealing. I just loved the idea that you could dress up and play. Ruth Negga
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Women always have to have this soft, maternal, sort of - I don't know - moral center. Ruth Negga
Women Moral Know Sort Always Maternal Center Soft
Some people say to me, 'You don't sound very Irish.' It's because I have this tendency to iron out my accent: not because I'm ashamed of it but because it makes my life easier if I don't keep having to repeat myself. Ruth Negga
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My favorite film is 'All About Eve'. Ruth Negga
Favorite About Eve Film
I don't think I have ever thought of myself as a movie star. I think when I was about seven, I thought it must be lovely to have an Oscar. But the more involved you are in this business, the more that pretence disappears, and you really get to see what you love about it, and what I love is working. Ruth Negga
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I use the term 'spine' for people when I think that they may seem on the surface sort of reticent, shy, self-deprecating, shying away from the spotlight. Quiet. Ruth Negga
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People ask me where I'm from. I say Ireland, and they are like 'Really? You don't look Irish.' Then you have to explain... people are intrigued, but sometimes you think, 'Why do I have to tell my whole story every time I open my mouth? Ruth Negga
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My family very much adored me, and at school, I was an object of fascination. Ruth Negga
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I had a very peripatetic childhood, so I bounced around. Lived in Ethiopia until I was, like, three or four and then lived between Ireland and London. Ruth Negga
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Often, it's easier to play someone further away from you because it's clearer who they are. I think if you want to make a performance authentic, there are a certain amount of leaps of faith into the unknown that you have to take. Otherwise, you're not really risking anything. Ruth Negga
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The idea that you must treat actors a certain way in order to get a performance out of them kind of disturbs me, and it's disregarding what we do. Our job is to do our job. Ruth Negga
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History is written by the winners. My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout. Ruth Negga
History Speak Job Those Perceived Winners Written Losers Up Artist Might Shout Who
I don't think I've necessarily been able to pick and choose in my career; I don't know how many people do. But I'll tell you what I've been able to do: I've been able to say no. It is the only thing you can hold on to sometimes, is that ability to say 'no.' And I think that in that way, you can create some kind of career. Ruth Negga
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