Quotes from Imogen Poots

I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.

I love art, but not in a cliched, luvvie way.

I was about 14 when I started with a theater group; it was like a stage group on the weekends alongside school. And it was run by a group of guys who'd been to drama school themselves in London. So they introduced us to techniques that they'd learn about, and they kind of informed us about improvisation and screenwriting and all of that stuff.

I can scare myself like a pro.

I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.

I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.

There is more for women in terms of character roles now. Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have constantly changed over the years and challenged themselves with different roles. That's impressive.

Unfortunately, Poots is the name that I've been graced with for my life, but it's not short for anything.

You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.

San Francisco, coolest place ever.

I'm lucky in that I have close friends and family and my agent to advise me.

I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally.

It is a difficult one, as you get scripts where women are just objects.

You collect people to take with you. Some people change, other people don't... it's wonderful because I've met some incredible friends.

I really love the '90s. I love the music from then for sure, and to go back to New York then would be a really wonderful thing.

You've got these big studio films and these tiny independent films now. It's very much either/or. With the independent films, it's always a beautiful risk - it might never be seen. With the studio films, you're conforming to the formula of what's always been in place.

I still try to be a feminist in some tiny way.

If I'm really honest, I'm not a huge fan of scary films.

I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.

With 'That Awkward Moment', you could argue I'm just playing the girlfriend of Zac Efron, but the director was such a creative force and let me make her my own. I loved being part of something that felt so relevant and fresh.

I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.

Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.

There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.

My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.