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" I remember loving 'Braveheart,' and I still do! It was one of those films my family had on video and we watched over and over again. "

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" With big productions, you can sometimes get lost with the terminology and all the different departments. "

" I have always been a big fan of the BBC program 'Luther' with Idris Elba. "

" It's kind of ridiculous, but I hate creepy crawlers. Like centipedes. It's just the fact that they have so many legs! I am not great with spiders either. That absolutely creeps me out. "

" I have had the most wonderful childhood, and I was raised in a very loving family. And it was nothing short of an amazing privilege because I was incredibly lucky to be able to play up in trees and make it like silly dens in a bush and stuff like that. "

" With 'Honeymoon,' it was so intimate, and we literally shot it in something like 20, 24 days. Everything was very rapid and very fast, and so all of us submerged into the deep end and only really came up for air once we had wrapped. "

" It's nice to get my teeth into something that isn't a stereotypical female role. "

" I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel that especially within 'Game of Thrones,' I think that as a show, it is one of the frontrunners for showing dominant female characters and making sure that men answer to women rather than the other way around. "

" 'Luther' is raw and brutal like 'Game Of Thrones,' but it's coincidence. If I'm drawn to anything, it would be the writing. Choosing a project is an organic process where I'm taken in by the character and storyline, not the genre, whether fantasy or gritty and raw. "

" I loved my experience on 'Downton Abbey.' We shot it in six months, and it was the first time I'd ever been on TV, and I was surrounded by my friends. It was a wonderful, wonderful time. "

" From a young age, I wanted to differentiate myself from my older siblings. "

" I'm doing a bit of theatre: I'm doing a Mike Bartlett play called 'Contractions.' I'm very, very happy and lucky to be going back to the stage. "

" You always try to play it off cool, but even if I think I have a certain laidback body language when I'm meeting someone who I greatly admire, I still have this horrible tendency to go bright red. "

" I remember bossing my younger siblings around and making them put on shows and skits with me. "

" The gap between film and TV is narrowing, and that's great for us all. "

" First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence. "

" I'm pro-union and utterly hope that Scotland stays within the United Kingdom. "

" The phenomenon that is 'Game Of Thrones' has propelled many actors associated with it into the minds of directors and producers, and it's a fabulous position to be in. It's because it's so adored and respected, of such high quality with such amazing cinematography. "

" It's a wonderful thing to have a character with tons of attributes. "

" I had the most fantastic time filming 'Downton.' "

" People say how come I'm from Scotland yet I sound like the Queen?! I went to boarding school in Somerset, which has probably got something to do with it. "

" My mum's maiden name was Dalglish, so I have Scottish blood in me. "

" Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French. But I remember being hugely lost. "

" Going into auditions, there is a wonderful butterfly feeling in your stomach - an equal balance of being utterly terrified and exhilarated that this is your chance. "

" I personally have been drawn to female roles who are incredibly strong; females who are dominant and know their own mind; who are feisty in their own way without being annoying. I like it when she has a dark side, but she also has a playful side. "

" I do love archery in my day-to-day life because I find it very therapeutic, and I've trained every season with the bow and arrow. "

" I taught myself to listen and kind of regurgitate what I was surrounded by, and it's been a wonderful tool to have as an actor. "

" I definitely think it opened doors for me and what was so fantastic about 'Downton' being showed over in the States, was that it helped get me noticed. "

" For the first time in my life I tried whale. It was very chewy and quite fatty. My friend had had whale before, so I knew it would be quite blubbery. It was delicious. I loved it. It was smoked, so it had a lovely kind of tangy taste to it. We had it a couple of nights. I was won over. It was very yummy. "

" I had one day with him, and he was asleep in the scene, but I told my entire family that I was in a scene with Michael Caine. "

" The 'Game of Thrones' wardrobe department is so detail-oriented. "

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