Sarah Paulson as Alice Macray in Mrs America (2020); episode five, ‘Jill’
‘This one’s Violet. There’s not much of her left… and she tastes like flowers.’Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat in Doctor Sleep (2019)
‘Please believe that I would do anything to see you happy. So, I do the only thing I can… I release you.’
Carol (2015), dir. Todd Haynes
endless list of favourite films: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), dir. Howard Hawks
‘I learned an awful lot in Little Rock, and here’s some advice I’d like to share: find a gentleman who is shy or bold, or short or tall, or young or old… as long as the guy’s a millionaire.’
endless list of favourite female characters: Kay Weston
↳ River of No Return (1954)‘I’m sorry I opened my big mouth in front of the boy. You hurt me and I wanted to hurt you back.’
Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West in Vita and Virginia (2019)
endless list of favourite female characters: Maria Acuna
↳ You Were Never Lovelier (1942)‘I am not such a clever one about the latest fads. I admit, I was never one adored by local lads… not that I ever tried to be a saint. I’m the type that they classify as… quaint.’
endless list of favourite films: Frozen (2013), dir. Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck
‘Born of cold and winter air and mountain rain combining — this icy force, both foul and fair, has a frozen heart worth mining. So cut through the heart, cold and clear; strike for love and strike for fear; see the beauty, sharp and sheer; split the ice apart! And break the frozen heart…’
endless list of favourite films: The Conjuring (2013), dir. James Wan
‘God brought us together for a reason. This is it.’