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

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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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" 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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You

" Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and wonderful - those stories, they're just incredible. "

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Always

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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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" There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them. "

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Far

Them

" 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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Will

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

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

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Think

Know

" 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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Out

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

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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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Best

" 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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Driving

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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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Experience

" 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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Ballet

Serious

" 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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Love

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" I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money. "

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Job

" 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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Family

Girl

" You don't automatically assume everyone will fall for a period drama. "

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You

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" I love when people become obsessed with 'Downton.' "

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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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Calm