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"Before I started doing the film and when I found out I was going to be doing it, I just decided to pump up on the whole cardio stuff. Just in terms of stamina."
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"Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling."
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"When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with."

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"You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman."
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"In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey and stuff like that in athletics. It's to each their own, really."

"I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that."

"My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one hand - he says exactly why, actually why he's frightened for his daughter. He came to this country, England, and had a bit of a crappy time."

"And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled."

"Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that."

"But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in."

"I really identified with Jess, because my own dream was acting, which isn't the most conventional profession."

"But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype."
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