Tag: person: natalie dormer

thronescastdaily:

“You’re watching us and you don’t realize how much makeup, how much lighting is involved when we look good. We have a lot of help where we are. I don’t think it’s healthy for young girls to be looking at these beauty magazines and watching TV and these shows and thinking that’s the standard. We’re not all symmetrical, not all the same shape. We need more of that.”

dailywomen:

I’m kind of grateful that I’m a late bloomer because it’s given me time to develop as a human. It’s also about learning how the industry works, not taking things so personally and learning to – it sounds like a cliche because of the titles of the projects I’ve been in – play the game. If you don’t enjoy the journey, if you’re just striving to get there, then what’s the point?

thronescastdaily:

“[On whether she has faced sexism in her career] Only what is sort of innate. But I think that’s the most dangerous kind of sexism: People don’t realize it’s there and we end up surreptitiously accepting it because it’s just part of our culture. I’ve never experienced explicit, overt, confrontational sexism personally. But yes, I’m sure it’s there traced along my career. I’m sure it is in most actresses’ careers.”

thequeensofbeauty:

“When it comes to fashion, we all know what looks most flattering for our bodies, but sometimes you have to be brave and think outside the box. I think sometimes people are scared of the critique. I get it— it’s terrifying when images go online within half an hour. But passing judgment on someone else is a reflection of your own insecurities. We all make mistakes. We all have a fashion faux pas, choose the wrong script, write the wrong song. But it’s only by taking chances and occasionally getting it wrong that we grow.”