Quotes from Natalie Dormer

I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project.

A lot of boys in my poker circle are mathematicians who play on probability. I don't have that kind of brain, so I rely on instinct. But I recently found out that poker and cards in general go way back in my family gene pool.

It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair.

You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'

When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.

Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.

I have been to Canada several times. It was autumn when I visited Vancouver and I will always remember the colour of the trees in British Columbia were stunning.

I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.

Isnt it lovely to know that even the great Sherlock Holmes, the quirky and genius Sherlock Holmes, is vulnerable to love as we all are?

The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.

Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it - we're troubadours and lead a troubadour's lifestyle.

I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them.

I've been a member of some good gyms in the past. I love a good spinning class; I love a good aerobics class.

Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.

What I love about 'Mockingjay, Part 1' is that President Coin or Cressida could have easily been played by a man, and if you look at 'Interstellar,' the Anne Hathaway or Jessica Chastain roles would have been men years ago.

When I was a little girl, my grandfather, who I was very close to, used to grow yellow roses. He had yellow roses growing all the way up his drive.

My yoga mat comes everywhere. Keeps me stretched out after sitting still on all those planes, trains and road journeys.

I'm a massive yoga head. Lots of yoga and lots of running. I do Bikram yoga. I adore it.

Sci-fi always runs out a little bit ahead of reality, right? Automatic doors in 'Star Trek,' stuff like that. It all happened, didn't it, finally?

As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush.

Long skirts are annoying; they get in the way.

I get accused of having a haughty smugness. I have a lopsided mouth. I can't help it. I was born with it. It looks as if I am smirking. I have had my publicist tell me, 'Don't do that smile on the red carpet.' I'm, like, 'That's my smile.'

I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.

Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.