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" My elder brother and sister were both sporty and academic, and I think, subconsciously, I knew I couldn't go down that avenue. "

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" I'm Scottish, but I also feel British at that same time. "

" I'd love to try comedy, which I've never actually done. I could fail miserably at it, but I'd have fun working it out. "

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

" 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. "

" My parents live there, and I was born and raised in Scotland. I lived there for the first 11 years of my life, until my parents decided to take our family to France where we lived for a couple of years. We then moved back to Scotland, and that is where I feel most home - where I come back to myself, and I love more than I can say. "

" I just know that for my honeymoon, I'm not going to go to a cabin in the woods. "

" 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. "

" Mum and Dad paid me 50 pence, which was a lot of money when I was 8 years old, not to dye my hair. "

" I think it's important to change and not be associated with your character too much. "

" 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. "

" I like to think that I can run, but I remember once running up and down through different terrains while on set in Iceland, and I face planted. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Certainly part of being from a big family is that you have to shout to make yourself heard. "

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

" Oh God, I feel hugely privileged to have not only been a part of 'Game of Thrones,' but also to have a catchphrase. It's a lovely thing. "

" I was lucky enough to get into drama school in London back in 2005, and I was there for three years, and in those three years, we did a lot of theater. A lot of classical training. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It is so inspirational, to see that in the world of Westeros, men are answering to women, and they are a force to be reckoned with. It's empowering, and it's inspirational as well, because you're just like, 'This is great!' "

" 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. "

" 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 am a huge box sets fan and love a Sunday marathon session watching my favourite series back-to-back. "

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

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

" 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 believe that we're not alone. How can we be alone in an infinite universe? I'm using the word 'alien' with a little trepidation because I know that sparks so many different versions of that word, and there are so many different images that come into one person's head when someone says it. "