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" You know that scene in 'Runaway Bride' when Julia Roberts puts on the amazing wedding dress and looks at herself in the mirror and goes, 'Swish, swish'? I loved that moment so much when I was a little girl. "

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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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Women

" 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.' "

Lily James

You

Never

" 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

" 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. "

" I feel like, sometimes, characters that are just good and nice can seem boring or uninteresting. "

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

" I naturally have a really small waist. "

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

Lily James

Nurturing

School

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

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

" No one looks twice at me when they're around, and 'Cinderella' has made no difference. And I know that isn't going to change. "

Lily James

Change

Looks

" 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. "

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

Lily James

You

Cool

" Diet Coke is the only way I get through filming because I get so tired. "

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

" It's pretty disabling sometimes, the terror of not living up. My expectations are the worst. "

" I want to do more theater, which allows you to take bigger risks and experiment. "

Lily James

Want

Take

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

" 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. "

" I want to be Ursula in 'The Little Mermaid.' "

" I loved all the princess films, and I grew up with them, and I think it's really cool how they've changed over the years - how the princesses have become more positive role models right up until 'Frozen.' "

" People talk a lot about, 'You're a Disney princess! You're Cinderella!' and this and that. But for me, it's all about the fact that I worked with Cate Blanchett and was directed by Kenneth Branagh. That's the 'Cinderella' story for me. "

Lily James

People

Story

" I'm a real hoarder. "

Lily James

Real

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

" In anything, I always give my all. I'm not a good loser. "

" 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 think Beyonce always looks great. "

" I love putting on a red lip. I don't do it so much for events - somehow, I don't seem to get it right - but when I just go to the pub or to a restaurant or something, I just put a red lip on. "

Lily James

Red

Events

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

" 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. "