hate-free blog except maybe the very ocassional gripe about bryan singer.
reading: american gods by neil gaiman, heir of fire by sarah j. maas
listening to: dear evan hansen cast recording; natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812 cast recording
last movie: dunkirk

“I don’t think so much about whether I’m playing a strong person or not – it’s not that the character needs to be loud or straightforward. It can be a fragile, flawed person, but if they have enough dimension, and depth that you understand them even at their weakest, that’s a strong character to me. Then you have something to play, and play with. It’s about not being ‘the girl.’”
“I think “be yourself” is something everybody is struggling to be. It’s that thing of knowing what grounds you and what brings you back to normality. It’s realizing that it’s wonderful to do these things, and then in my off time I call my friends, I read my books, I take my walks. I get excited about finding new projects or work that I want to develop or that I dreamed of doing. What I mean is to not fear what doesn’t need to change. Whatever has been you the whole time will probably continue to be that way.”
make me choose ♡anonymous asked ≡ alicia vikander or margot robbie
dailywomen’s 10k celebration - top 20 actresses ♥ (14/20) Alicia Vikander
“I guess, like most foreigners, when you’re away, you see your own culture being even more strange. But where I come from and my roots mean a lot. I miss my family and my friends. Something I’ve realized as I’ve been traveling is that it’s more about the actual people than the actual place.”
Hollywood was like a rumor. Me and my mum, we’d set the alarm to two A.M. to watch the Oscars, and it was like a window onto another universe. And then to have her there next to me [at the Oscars] this year. We were just cursing in Swedish. It’s been pretty fucking… Wow.

Alicia Vikander attends the premiere of ‘The Light Between Oceans’ during the 73rd Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 2, 2016 in Venice, Italy.
“I don’t think so much about whether I’m playing a strong person or not – it’s not that the character needs to be loud or straightforward. It can be a fragile, flawed person, but if they have enough dimension, and depth that you understand them even at their weakest, that’s a strong character to me. Then you have something to play, and play with. It’s about not being ‘the girl.’”
If you actually truly are able to sacrifice a lot of yourself for the person you love, that’s pretty extraordinary.
Alicia Vikander photographed by Ryan McGinley for Porter Magazine.
How do you want to be remembered?
That I was brave, that I dared to try new things. I think hopefully that will make it an interesting life to look back on. That you never really knew what turn I was going to take. I still love not knowing where I’m going to be in 10 years.
Alicia Vikander photographed by Williams + Hirakawa for Vanity Fair
Alicia Vikander photographed by Williams + Hirakawa for Vanity Fair
Alicia Vikander for Modern Weekly China September 2016
Alicia Vikander photographed by Trunk Xu for Modern Weekly Style, September 2016
I vividly remember watching women in films when I was nine or 10, picturing them being what I’d be like as an adult. I had these real female crushes on certain actresses. And I’d watch them thinking, one day I’ll be that. One day I’ll be a woman. I get that wish to find your complete form.