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" With corsets, it's interesting when you put them on, realizing that's what women actually wore. They're just so constricting. "

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" My mum thinks I'm amazing at everything. That unconditional love is just the most precious thing you can have. "

" I naturally have a really small waist. "

" I think I feel most like a princess when I'm sort of bursting with happiness and love, so whether that would be, like, with my boyfriend or my family or at a really fun party - just when you're full of life. "

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

" I loved fairy tales growing up. "

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

" Mum would have a panic attack if she had to stand up and give a speech around a table. "

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

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

" My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was 'Just William.' It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel. "

" You have to pretend to be cool, which I never am. "

" 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!' "

" Growing up, I was always prancing around and singing... and I just never really stopped. "

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

" 'Cinderella' touches on loss, and there was definitely a strong sense of grief in my life. "

" I saw Cate Blanchett in 'Big and Small,' and it was mind-blowing. The fact that she can do theatre and is also a huge movie star is really exciting. "

" I think it's so important to be healthy and confident and natural. And not put too much stress on trying to be thin - I don't get the thin, thin thing at all. "

" It's weird, the idea of someone else playing my dad, but weirdly nice. "

" Drama school was a lifeline for me, it saved me. I found it very nurturing - I just clung on. "

" It's so hard coming out of drama school to claim your right to be taken seriously and even get auditions. "

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

" I love to start the morning with a mist spray, especially after a night out. "

" I admire actresses like Jennifer Lawrence, who says what she thinks. "

" I live in dungarees, and I love denim - I wear denim shirts a lot. "

" I'm dying to do a tiny indie and play something totally naturalistic without any sort of constraints on me. Something where I can shock everyone. "

" When I worked with Bill Nighy on 'Wrath of the Titans,' he said to me, 'There's one thing you can promise me, and that's never, ever, ever read your reviews.' "

" I think everyone can feel like an outsider. I know I have. I've always felt like one. "

" The famous pilot season literally sends shivers down my spine. "