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

Jessica Brown Findlay

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" The first episodes I actually read for 'Downton,' Sybil was really intimidated and hadn't come into her own. So it's only in Series Two that she's become so headstrong. In general, I find it exciting to play strong, female roles because they're shocking. "

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" 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. "

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" Sometimes when a scene is written or directed to be shouted or played incredibly angrily, I always think it's way more terrifying when someone is fuming and talks in a very calm way. I always want people to shout at me if they're angry - it freaks me out that whole thing of, 'I'm not angry I'm just disappointed.' "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I trained as a ballet dancer and fell in love with Rudolf Nureyev; I thought him the most beautiful creature. My mum had to break it to me that not only was he gay, but he was dead. "

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" I've got four piercings in my left, so we've dubbed my right one the 'period drama ear.' I have to be filmed from that side when I do emotional close-ups in 'Downton.' "

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" 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. "

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" I shout at the radio when someone starts talking over the end of a song. Shut up! I don't want to hear that the DJ has just found a mouldy sandwich in the corner of the studio. Nor do I like it when the magic of something you're watching is shattered by an advert for Argos. "

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" I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play. "

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

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" Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations. "

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

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

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" On the surface, it's really easy to dismiss certain characters, but sometimes you find that the most interesting parts are disappointingly shallow. It's your job as an actress to pull that person apart, and work out why they act the way that they do. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" I am a hopeless romantic. "

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