Quotes By Samantha Morton

I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.

I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.

I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

I was physically abused and I retaliated.

The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.

I'm an actor. That's what I'm gifted at. It's what makes me breathe.

I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

My name can raise money on a small-budget film.

You've got all these books on self help, getting to know yourself, doing the right thing, eating the so-called right foods, even down to what books you have on your shelves. People are encouraged to look to themselves first as opposed to being a part of society.

Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.

I can't act without music very well.

The thing with me is, if I wake up one morning and I'm not happy working as an actress, I'll stop. It's not something I have to do. It's not a vocation.

I wanted to make a film - and I've been wanting to do this for 16 years - about life in care, and bring it to the public's attention, because I had never seen anything, on TV or in the cinema, which said: 'This is how it feels to be a kid in care'.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution and drugs, and it is a vicious circle. That's what we need to change.

Your spirit is your spirit, whether you're religious or whatever.

Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.

I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.

My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.

My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!

I think once you're a mother to one, you're a mother to them all.

It's more important for me to feel content than to be famous.

It's important to have masculine energy around your child.

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.