People who are exceptionally ...

People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: why would anyone want their children to be the brightest? Academia is a lonely world.
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 Helen McCrory

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When I was 14 I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born.
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I was a real art freak when I was a teenager.
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So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.
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I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realized I was in it.
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I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.
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