Quotes from Annabelle Wallis

I'm a shape shifter.

I love 'Breaking Bad,' and the fact that my friend Aaron Paul is in it makes it all the more special to watch.

British period drama is always seen as kind of perfect and beautiful and lovely, but I don't think subcultures have been shone a light on like 'Peaky Blinders' has done.

It's wonderful to return to 'Peaky Blinders.' We're all here for the right reasons - to work and do justice to what's written on the page.

I was born in Oxford. I grew up in Cascais, Portugal.

People in L.A. think I'm so posh. They think I live in 'Downton Abbey.'

I like the idea that I come into a room, and you think you're dealing with one thing, but the truth is I'm very layered.

I want to stretch myself as much as I can whilst I can, just work and try all different things and have a good time.

I have way more bravery than common sense, but you always assume things are going to be so difficult, and then when you're actually faced with them, you prevail. It's human nature.

I've always known I wanted to go into acting, but being a very proud teenager, I wasn't ready to admit it until I felt like it was going to be possible.

I remember telling people I booked this job; they were like, 'What is it called?' I was like, 'Peaky Blinders,' and they were like, 'What?' It sounds ridiculous, but I like it because there's an instant intrigue about the name.

Most women I know are not actresses, but they work for the U.N. or are documentary filmmakers, anthropologists.

If I get a chance to dress up, I really go for it.

I love Stephen Fry. His tweets are witty, poignant, and intelligent.

I love putting myself in sink-or-swim situations. You realize the human spirit is built to survive.

The Tudors was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time.

I'm a tomboy naturally; I grew up hanging up with boys.

I'm a blagger by trade.

I was never an ingenue. I've traveled the globe, I've backpacked through South America, I've done conservation work in Africa. I was never the girl who knew nothing of the world.

I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.

I love playing females that are put into these pressure-cooker situations, but they're real. I didn't want to be this kind of Lara Croft superwoman.

People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.

I grew up playing paintball and riding motorcycles and horses, so I really know how to rough and tumble.

I'm really cocky. Or - I've been thinking about this word a lot - I'm 'mischievous,' and I want to make light of things and push the boundaries.