Anya Taylor-Joy at the 2027 Dior Cruise Show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Anya Taylor-Joy Says Women Don’t Method Act Because “We Have Things to Take Care Of”

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Anya Taylor-Joy has offered a blunt explanation for why she doesn’t vanish into her characters the way some of her peers do: the practical demands of a life that doesn’t pause for a performance.

The reason she doesn’t disappear into a role for months isn’t discipline, she suggests. It’s that she has a life to run, and losing her mind for 16 hours a day doesn’t fit around it.

As she put it, women often don’t method act because “we have things to take care of.”

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