Rosamund Pike
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.
Rosamund PikeIt 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.
Rosamund PikeI've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that.
Rosamund PikeI think you tend to try, during the time you've got off, to forget about the film. It was such a total world. I mean, the sets were claustrophobic, and as soon as you were on there, you were right back into it.
Rosamund PikeI've never done a film in Los Angeles, so I don't know what that would be like - that experience of working in a big studio. I can't imagine... yet.
Rosamund PikeNothing 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.
Rosamund PikeThe 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.
Rosamund PikeI 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.
Rosamund PikeI 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.
Rosamund Pike