When determining what jobs to accept and which to turn down, Andrea Riseborough has come up with a deceptively simple decision-making method: if she feels that the final product won’t be something she’ll be proud of, she’ll walk away. “I am certainly terrified of crap,” she joked to Collider. However, she was quick to point out that it’s not always so cut-and-dried, as there can be varying degrees of crap. In addition, she pointed out that taking on a great role in a project with a crappy script can be fraught with peril — along with scads more work, because “you’re not then just occupying one role. You’re not doing your one job. You suddenly find yourself as co-writer. You’re taking on a lot more. “
This trait isn’t one that she’s developed over time, but one that’s guided her since the earliest stages of her career. “I think it’s possible to have standards,” she told The Irish Times. “Those are the things that haven’t changed — from even when I couldn’t pay my rent.”
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In fact, Riseborough has admitted that she can be quite stubborn when it comes to what projects she will tackle and those she won’t. “Well, I’d rather get a day job than do certain jobs in the industry,” she admitted, adding that “for some reason, there has always been this level in my head of what I will and won’t do.”
