Kelly Macdonald Quotes

• A few years ago, if you had told me I’d be moving back to Glasgow I’d have said, ‘No way’. But it’s changed. It’s much more vibrant, bohemian. But I’m 35 and I’ve become a bit of a homebody, I don’t really go out much. Same in New York. My home could be anywhere but I love Glasgow.

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• I’m so not a celebrity.

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• I tend to get cast as a certain type of quiet, almost introverted person who’s strong on the inside, but the characters are so very different I don’t see it as any kind of typecasting.

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• It’s that TV thing. You can be in the biggest film of the year and it will still not have the kind of impact a TV series has. Once you’re in people’s living rooms, that’s it. There’s no hiding place.

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• It can get a bit boring working on accents.

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• It was both comforting and terrifying to go in to audition for ‘The Girl in the Cafe,’ as I’d worked with everyone in the room on ‘State Of Play.’

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• I’m no good at anecdotes.

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• I get claustrophobic in a harness. I’d be a terrible superhero.

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• I love that thing on Amazon that you can go on and order a book, and you click on it and it says, ‘You might also like,’ or ‘Other people who bought this have bought that.’

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• What I’m normally associated with are darker, more brooding roles.

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• I don’t lobby where work is concerned. As long as I know I’ve got something coming up, I don’t really worry. It’s not that I’m not ambitious, but I don’t have a drive to be hugely successful and be working all the time.

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• L.A. is brilliant, but however long my trip is I’m always ready to leave. But New York I’m never quite happy to see the back of.

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• I’ve done TV and I’ve done film, and I’m not snobby about it. It’s about the project.

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• They’re naughty, all those writers – they mess around with people. I know James Gandolfini got a bit fed up on ‘The Sopranos’: if he said anything in front of a writer, told them a story from his life, it could make its way into the script.

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Kelly Macdonald (14)

Birth:	23rd February, 1976
Nationality:	Scottish
Profession:	Actress

About

Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish actress, known for her role in the independent film Trainspotting and mainstream releases such as Nanny McPhee, Gosford Park, Intermission, No Country for Old Men, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Brave. On television, she is known for her roles in Boardwalk Empire, The Girl in the Café and State of Play.

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