Sally Hawkins
Sally Hawkins
Sally Cecilia Hawkinsis an English actress. She made her film debut in Mike Leigh's All or Nothing in 2002. She would continue working with Leigh, appearing in Vera Drakeand in Happy-Go-Lucky, for which she won several awards including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, and the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 April 1976
character emotional hope kick knowing logical magic quite sort time wish work works worry
What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.
fall character long
A different script calls for different things. It always takes me a long time to get to know the part, and know the logic behind the words. I have to be with the script for quite a long time before things start to fall into place, before they become part of the character.
beautiful falling-in-love character
I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.
character feet age
My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.
character shoes acting
I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.
fun character play
Characters that are not the norm or a bit out of the ordinary are always a challenge as an actress. You learn more by using different tools for those type of characters. They are always much more fun to play and much more interesting. They take you places that you wouldn't necessarily go in your everyday life.
business grounded knowing
The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.
although great people
I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
best bit hope oh
You do your bit and then you hope for the best and you think, oh I hope there's an audience at the end of the day.
amount certain last others parts point praying quicker until work
It's different for every project. Some parts are quicker than others to get and know; sometimes right up until the last moment you're just praying that something will click. But you can only do a certain amount of work and then at some point you've got to think: 'OK, I'm just going to have to leap now.'
nature
Being in nature is very important to me. I'm not a glamour puss.
days few happens instinct prepare rely scene time
Sometimes you go into a film and you have no time to prepare and have to compress the details into a few days and then rely on the instinct and what happens when you're in a scene with other actors and that chemistry or not.
affected audience goes inspiring issues seen time track work
When an audience is affected in a way that I've seen with some people, it's so inspiring to me an actor. You know that you're on the right track and you're doing work that can affect people. When that goes hand-in-hand with important issues that we're still living with, and we will be for a long time, sadly, it's so confirming of everything.
anxious exist hole interested people
You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.