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" I treated myself to a £700 Chloe bag after one of my first acting jobs. Then my friends pointed out that, for the same money, I could buy a flight to India. So I took it back. "

Lily James

Myself

Money

Friends

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Lily James

People

Story

" The first Disney movie I saw I think was 'Snow White.' I loved all the Disney princess movies. "

" God, I used to have really skinny-crap eyebrows. They were such an ugly disaster. "

" I have an amazing stylist; she's called Rebecca Corbin Murray... I go around to her living room, and it's sort of exploding with dresses, and we go through them all, and she's so good at picking things she knows I'll like, and we work together. She's taught me absolutely everything; she's brilliant. "

" I'm a real hoarder. "

Lily James

Real

" Sadly, I've never met Princess Kate. "

" There are other things I want to focus on rather than staying in shape. "

" As an actor, you get a bit itchy to do something entirely different. "

" It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!' "

Lily James

Hair

Love

" I think it's probably best to work out in the morning to get it out of the way. My ultimate top tip is to drag yourself, even if you have to roll yourself out of your bed and in to a sit-up - it's really not that bad once you start. "

" Ultimately, 'Cinderella' is the story of the underdog. You root for her in this fairytale; the girl who has nothing, deserves so much more, and gets it. "

" I'm a healthy girl. "

Lily James

Girl

Healthy

" I'm learning a lot about how to be one of the 'good' actors. You'd hope that it's natural to be a good person, and kind, but I'm learning how to deal with long, sometimes boring days. "

" My dad lived on Sunset Boulevard for a couple of years as a waiter, and he said he'd do a different character every time somebody sat down, just to get some practice. "

" I don't have an exact moment when I decided I wanted to be an actress - it kind of was just really a part of my growing up. "

" The greatest thing is that usually the auditions you think are bad are the ones you get. "

" I thought it'd be interesting to play an off-centre character who doesn't have to be pretty. "

" I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game. "

" I really have been lucky because I've always had a very healthy attitude to my body. "

" Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school. "

" I used to go to musicals every birthday - that was my birthday present. We'd go to London, me and my two brothers and mum and dad. I think I saw 'Mamma Mia' about five times. "

Lily James

Birthday

London

" To be honest, when I was growing up - I think it's because of Kate Winslet and 'Titanic' - I always wanted to do period. "

Lily James

Think

Always

" When the board games came out of the cupboard when I was a kid, I had to beat my two brothers every time. "

" I played Nina in 'The Seagull,' and I remember thinking it's incredible to see all the actresses in the past that've played her. It's quite strengthening. You feel a part of the family of actresses going through and giving something of themselves to the role. "

" You are what you're portrayed as. "

Lily James

Portrayed

You

" I love singing so much. As a kid, that was what I wanted to do. "