Quotes from Ella Purnell

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

I love pasta. It's something in the water. The pasta and the bread in New York are so good.

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.

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

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.

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

I don't want to inspire people to look pretty and buy makeup. I want to inspire them to knit scarves for Syrian refugees.

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

I'm blessed with being quite secure - not necessarily about my looks, but if someone says, 'I don't like what you're wearing,' I am never going to go and cry about it. I think that does come with age, though.

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.

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

I have anxiety and have had depression in the past.

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.

The 1950s is my favourite era.

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

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

That's something I want to do: cover all sorts of genres to find the one I love most.

The real friends are the ones who celebrate with you.

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

I'm really interested in food now. I never used to be. I always used to just eat when I'm hungry, and now it's an experience.

I didn't really have idols growing up, but some of my friends were huge fangirls.

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

Amy Winehouse is one of my biggest inspirations.

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.