“We come from a very humble background. A lot of my paycheck from 'Skin...” — Kaya Scodelario Quote

We come from a very humble background. A lot of my paycheck from 'Skins' went to paying the bills and getting us a new sofa.

Everyone asks, 'What's your goal? Do you want to win an Oscar? Do you want to work with Meryl Streep?' No! I want to buy my mum a house. I want to make her proud.

I like movies because I've been getting leads, and TV is more about ensemble casts.

I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have the right connections to do well.

When someone shouts 'Skins' at you, its funny the first time. But after a hundred times, you think, 'I do have a name.'

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.

I've introduced eight bills to fight for support for our small businesses and ensure we get funding to rebuild public housing - among other things.

I could count my modeling jobs on my hands and toes. When I graduated from college, I moved to New York specifically to study acting, and I needed to pay the bills, and it's better to make a couple thousand dollars in one day than to wait tables six days a week.