Talulah Riley Quotes & Sayings

Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didn't: It was basically a semantics game. — Talulah Riley

I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie. — Talulah Riley

My wide eyes make me look much younger without make-up, and although it's fun to have a line in innocence corrupted, I doubt I'll get to play the vampy vixen or a Hedda Gabler or Lady Macbeth. — Talulah Riley

I think I was a pretty normal student; I just followed most of my friends. — Talulah Riley

'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message. — Talulah Riley

I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds. — Talulah Riley

It was (Nick Frost's) first-ever bedroom scene and my first-ever bedroom scene ... not that we were actually doing much, but we did have to lie sort of semi-nude under the sheets. And he was incredibly sort of vibrant and outgoing, but then he suddenly got very, like, 'I'm engaged and I'm getting married!' And I was, 'Okay, that's good. I just won't be touching you, then!' — Talulah Riley

I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing. — Talulah Riley

I'm terrified I'm about to die, or that all the people I love are about to die, every second of every day. — Talulah Riley

I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless. — Talulah Riley

I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list. — Talulah Riley

I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways. — Talulah Riley

As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories. — Talulah Riley

Men are visual creatures. — Talulah Riley

Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again. — Talulah Riley

I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything. — Talulah Riley

Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like. — Talulah Riley

The things I wanted to do from a very early age - ie. get married and have children - precluded a lot of guys my own age from wanting to have anything to do with me. — Talulah Riley

I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it. — Talulah Riley

Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. There's whole swathes of stuff we can't account for. — Talulah Riley

There's a real power in heels and a good dress. — Talulah Riley

Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline. — Talulah Riley