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" I learned more doing 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' than I did during three years at drama school. "

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" I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green. "

" My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, 'OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what it's like.' I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing 'Memory.' I was terrible. Terrible. "

" I think as a woman it's in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves. "

" I actually don't get massages very much. But Epsom salt baths are better than any massage. "

" I looked around one stage school when I was maybe nine. It just scared the bejesus out of me. I was incredibly open, and the girls seemed fierce and determined. "

" One of the shows I would very much love to be a part of is 'Mad Men' - walking around that office. "

" You have to do whatever jobs you can to pay the rent. "

" Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting. "

" I don't get much studio stuff. I'm usually on location, and I know that some people think that acting is so glamorous, but believe me, it's not! "

" Me and heels are very good friends. "

" My mother taught me how to apply my own makeup at 13 years old, and the most important lesson I learned is to never touch my eyebrows and to cleanse, tone, and moisturize twice a day. "

" I think the reason why strong women have such a powerful impact is that you've got the strength of a man with the heart and sensitivity of a woman. "

" Music is something that's always been a huge part of my life. "

" A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through? "

" I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!' "

" I spent most of my life watching HBO series wishing that at some point in my career I might be able to work with them. "

" My rule is never to look at anything on the Internet. "

" I'm really old-fashioned. An Epsom salt bath, that's genuinely better than any massage. "

" I'm just a girl who loves mascara. "

" Living in London as a student is tough. And my heart goes out to every single drama student in London because, as an actor, it's a creative process that you are taking on, and if you don't get to do it every day, it hurts. "

" My normal stuff is Dr. Perricone's hypoallergenic range. I have incredibly sensitive skin, so I struggled to find anything because my skin would react to so much stuff. "

" My life is unrecognisable compared to what it was - 'Game of Thrones' has opened doors that were never there before. But it can be dangerous to see it in those terms, I think. It's best to take it as it comes and work as hard as you can, and hopefully the other things fall into place. "

" After my last audition for 'Game of Thrones,' they said, 'Congratulations, princess.' I was like, 'Bye-bye, call centre.' "

" My mother taught me to cleanse, tone, and moisturize twice a day, so I always do that - I could be partying or working late, but I'm never too tired to take care of my skin. "

" Never in a million years did I think 'Game of Thrones' was going to take off like it did. "

" There are no captions on red-carpet photos that say, 'This girl trained for two weeks, she went on a juice diet, she has a professional hair and makeup person, and this dress was made for her.' I just wish they'd say, 'It ain't the truth.' "

" One of the first houses we lived in was like out of a fairy story. We had a stream that ran through our garden, and we played with the ducks - we locked them in my mum's office, and they pooed everywhere. It was crazy, picking blackberries and mushrooms, rabbits running through your legs. "

" I find that a lot of the good acting comes out when you're physically being pushed: your brain turns off and just deals with the situation at hand. You get to a point where you're exhausted at the end of the day, but I quite like that. "

" I tried a robin heart once. It wasn't very good. "