Quotes from Talulah Riley

My dad is Scottish, and he read in the newspaper about the plight of the Scottish Freshwater Mussel, which is a real thing - like, a very real, serious conservation issue. And he's a writer, and he was going to do a film about a Glaswegian gangster, and then I stole the idea and turned it into a romantic comedy.

I fantasised about becoming an author and wrote my first book at 18 - an introspective novel set in the 1920s.

Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.

My wide eyes make me look much younger without make-up, and although it's fun to have a line in innocence corrupted, I doubt I'll get to play the vampy vixen or a Hedda Gabler or Lady Macbeth.

'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.

I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.

Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. There's whole swathes of stuff we can't account for.

I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.

Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.

I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.