Laura Carmichael Quotes

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.

I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.

Sometimes we do things that are really awful.

I'm rubbish at Twitter.

I don't really get recognised very much.

I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.

There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.

I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.

If I'm tweeting about being somewhere, and I haven't replied to somebody's email from three days ago, that's quite rude.

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.

In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class.

I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous.

No one goes through life thinking that they're the best friend of the lead character.

I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as much from them as I did at drama school.

I have such a huge girl crush on Beyonce.

I've been really lucky because I've managed to become wonderful friends with a handful of very talented British designers. Christopher Kane has become one of my very good friends - also Erdem. Jonathan Saunders is another brilliant talent who's very kind. We all hang out.