Jessica Brown Findlay Quotes

I am a hopeless romantic.

I have endless playlists on my iPod so will throw on, say, Bruce Springsteen or The Smiths, depending on what kind of day I'm going to have.

I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.

You never think you're as old as you're ever going to get.

And it's as you get older that you realize that the things that make you strange are the things that make you who you are. And that's a lovely place to get to.

Girls in scripts are often pretty but brainless, or geeky and no one likes them, so it's great to find richer roles. Chalk and cheese aspects of people are very interesting to play.

I've been told I make a very good brew.

There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them.

I don't know if I'm so righteous.

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

My style icons would be people like Brigitte Bardot and old Hollywood actresses who always look so stunning, cool and chic. I like classic and timeless looks.

Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.

I do so many things. Like when I was younger, if I drove past a house that I didn't want to live in, I'd hold my breath. Driving around somewhere like Slough I'd go blue in the face.

At 17, we all think we know what we're doing.

I don't mind giving everyone a shock - including myself.

Performance became part of my art in a way - expressing things and emotion.

When you get a bit older and you realise that no one knows what they're doing, no one's perfect and it's fine.

Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.

I love when people become obsessed with Downton.

I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.

Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.

I remember stealing some pic n' mix when I was seven; when I got out of the shop, I burst into tears.

I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.

I'm hungry for a cold and mean character - I'd love it if someone thought I could play gritty. I want to play a baddie, someone really scary.

I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and wonderful - those stories, they're just incredible.