There is magic in Scotland. It’s country with a lot of pride and bravery. I feel lucky to have been born into that. Gayle Rankin Read Quote
I was never interested in ‘making up’ games when I was little. I wanted to create something real. Gayle Rankin Read Quote
I fell in love with it after going there on holiday when I was 16: we went on one of those red bus tours, and it goes past Juilliard, and I was like, ‘I want to go there’. Gayle Rankin Read Quote
I just feel lucky to have had my training at Juilliard. Even though it is a ‘classical’ training programme, they also prepare you for all mediums. They don’t teach specific techniques or subscribe to a specific school of thought about acting. Gayle Rankin Read Quote
I’ve always wanted to perform and act my whole life and to understand people more, so that’s the only reason I’ve got to work with the people I’ve worked with. Gayle Rankin Read Quote
I was a really girly girl when I was younger. I only wore pink until I was at least 12. Think of me in culottes with a Bagpuss T-shirt and frizzy hair. Oh, and I was a fat child. It was bad news. Gayle Rankin Read Quote
I went to school at Juilliard, and most of our training there is the classics, and as much as I thrive in contemporary, weird, experimental work, I really am excited about finding a pioneer woman or something from a different era that I could really sink my teeth into. Gayle Rankin Read Quote
There’s a misconception about wrestling, that it’s really fake, but it’s real, and you can really get hurt, even though a lot of it is performative. Gayle Rankin Read Quote