Top quotes by Rosamund Pike

In the original computer game of Doom, you not only have to kill things. You have to pulverise them. Votes: 14

I look my best when I'm totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach. Votes: 13

The response to Pride has been so overwhelming. I mean, people have really loved it. And it's so rewarding because we had such a fun time making that film, and it was made with so much heart, that it's lovely that people seem to be responding in kind to that. Votes: 12

I'd really love to live in New York for awhile. That's what I'm hoping to do. Votes: 11

Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can be for an actor is to walk up the street and observe human nature. Votes: 11

I'm kind of desperately looking for those things that will... you know, sort of show my wilder side, in a way, my much more irreverent, badly behaved side. Votes: 11

Success is freedom - scripts coming your way and getting to choose the stories you want to tell. Votes: 10

As a woman, you feel that you shouldn't want to better yourself against others. Ambition has become such an ugly word, hasn't it? Votes: 9

I do know that the key to anything good is feeling relaxed and free. That's the main thing that you can offer yourself as an actor. Votes: 8

I've been on stage plenty of times, and one of the things about being a stage actress is you have a 3-month run to revisit the story nightly and play it again. Votes: 8

As a woman, you feel that you shouldnt want to better yourself against others. Ambition has become such an ugly word, hasnt it? Votes: 8

I think, you know, as an actor we get these terribly sort of pretentious ideas in our heads. We try to take everything very seriously at first, you know, until we lighten up, we get onboard, and have a laugh. Votes: 8

I never thought I'd make any money at all doing this business. Film was never even on the cards. Votes: 7

Actresses generally arent allowed to have haircuts, because short hair isnt considered as versatile. Votes: 7

Anger is not an accepted thing for women. And, you know, I do get angry. I feel it's a very honest emotion. Votes: 6

It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of mine. We did youth theatre together when we were 16 and always had a dream of making a film together. And ten years later, we've done it. So it's great. Votes: 6

I remember times of anxiety, ups and downs, and times of unexpected windfalls. But my parents loved what they did. And because their work was also their hobby, it taught me that work could be fulfilling. Votes: 5

It's something that I am going over in my head about the whole video game thing, and whether you support violence by being in a film like this. I mean, to me, it's incredibly unreal and it's all about the action, and just explosions. Votes: 5

You just never know who's going to have chemistry. You can put two of the sexiest people in the world together, and they could be completely flat. Votes: 5

I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy. Votes: 4

Perhaps misguidedly, I always admire the people who are so polished. Votes: 4

I look my best when I'm totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach Votes: 4

One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror, that in fact it's not. So all you can do is keep muddying the waters a bit. Votes: 4

And I like the look on people's faces when I say I'm doing this movie called Pride and Prejudice and they kind of smile, and then I say I'm in a movie called Doom and they kind of do a double take and try and put the two things together. And they never quite manage to. Votes: 3

I would love to play the lead in a big romantic comedy. That's definitely a dream of mine. Votes: 2

I always think that the people who have the hardest time in the spotlight are the people who have unearned fame, like the girlfriends of people who are famous or people who become figures of attention, not through their own merit. Votes: 2

Looking back, I just think I was a really average sort of girl. Votes: 1

I've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that. Votes: 1

I find I clash sometimes with people who like to plan things and book you in for lunch. I'd rather someone call me up, say: 'Are you free tonight and d'you wanna go to the roller-disco? Or play pool?' Votes: 1

I think I was lucky in that I wasn't one of those girls who are told they are pretty the whole time. I never got that. Nor did I ever obsess about my looks as a teenager. Votes: 1

I think when you are an only child, parents are more protective and fearful because they've only got one of you. I was not allowed to do a lot of things that, if I'd been, say, number three, I would have. Votes: 0

You get those couples who are very fearful of bringing children into the mix because they feel like somehow that link between them as a couple is going to somehow dissolve or become less powerful or whatever. And that somehow the child is going to disrupt their happy stage. Votes: 0

Actresses generally aren't allowed to have haircuts, because short hair isn't considered as versatile. Votes: 0

I work in the entertainment industry, and I like to be entertained. Votes: 0

I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers. Votes: 0

What I find sexy is when someone's having fun and able to look right back at you. Votes: 0

Peter Chelsom and Edgar Wright are totally different directors and worlds apart, but both really accomplished directors who are certain of how they want to make a film. Votes: 0

Acting is about communicating what it is like to be human: the pain, the laughs, the misery, the joy. I suppose I am searching to have it all. Votes: 0

Anger is not an accepted thing for women. And, you know, I do get angry. I feel its a very honest emotion. Votes: 0

Especially in Britain, people want to limit you. Votes: 0

Fancy algorithms are slow when N is small, and N is usually small. Votes: 0

Fancy optimizers have fancy bugs. Votes: 0

I believe in eating all the right kinds of foods, and I don't believe in a totally nonfat diet. Votes: 0

I don't think RADA wanted me, actually. When I was at Oxford I had a boyfriend at Central [School of Speech and Drama] and it looked like the most fantastic life, but I think not going makes you more free. Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can be for an actor is to walk up the street and observe human nature. Votes: 0

I just want my child to have security and being looked after by me, by my other half, by my mother and by a nanny. We all share that responsibility equally and I think he is a very well-adjusted little boy. Votes: 0

I know I've got loads that has never been tapped. Votes: 0

I think actors have to have clear goals in term of fitness, I think it is very important. I did yoga very seriously and I think that is a wonderful exercise. I take tennis lessons, and I swim a lot. Votes: 0

I think every physical program has to come from good nutrition. Votes: 0

I think it's OK to play to your strengths, and if I have a quality of Englishness that people like, I won't hide that. I'm probably not going to play a junkie and that's OK because there are other people who will do it better. A view that's been held for a long time is that the best way to prove oneself as an actor is to play the grittiest roles out there. I don't agree with that. Votes: 0

If I don't win the match I at least want to improve my game. Votes: 0

I'm probably not going to play a junkie and that's OK because there are other people who will do it better. Votes: 0

Ive been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy. Votes: 0

Obviously when you're pregnant everything changes, you have another body to take care of. Votes: 0

The job of an actor is the same in all of them, really. I mean, you're just creating a character that you hope people will believe, so it doesn't make that much of a difference really. Votes: 0

There are couples who are very fearful of bringing children into the mix because they feel like somehow that link between them as a couple is going to somehow dissolve or become less powerful or whatever. And that somehow the child is going to disrupt their happy stage. Of course it is true, that's exactly what a child does but it's not something to be feared, it's to be embraced. Votes: 0

We, Brits, need to be sort of loosened up. And there's some transfer overseas, I think the more American fare that comes to the U.K., the more cross-fertilization there is that's perhaps changing. Votes: 0

You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to. Votes: 0