“I’m a serial list-maker, but it always goes hideously wrong as I never get any of it done. I have great potential organisational skills.”
“For some actors, when they open the doors in the United States, they do not want to return to Europe. More like I’m young in the profession, I need to gain more experience in my own language.”
“I don’t come from a family that has money. Maybe that’s why this stuff doesn’t bother me. They had to struggle for a long time, and then this happened and things are better.”
“If you’re with a man who is really a boy and treats you like crap, then don’t be the little girl who stays. Be the woman who walks away and walks to the man waiting on you.”
“It was this feeling the whole time like I shouldn’t be here among all these stars and professionals. I was trying to keep my distance because I wanted to watch everyone. But they want you to feel at home and be part of it, and it became normal very quickly.”
“English Rose - what does that actually mean? That I am pale? That I am English, maybe? They are going to say that about any actress from this country!”
“I suppose I was about 15 when I started getting roles, and we have this thing at my school that’s a festival, and I did a play and I just thought, This is as much fun as you can legally have. And then I applied to drama school, which is quite a competitive business in England, and I managed to get it, and it boosted my confidence a little bit. It was a gradual thing, there was no epiphany moment.”
“I know we have some great stories in the pipeline, so I just hope I can deliver. I feel a great privilege to be given this opportunity, to be a part of this whole adventure, and to tell these stories and go on these epic journeys. It’s just so exciting. I really can’t wait. I won’t let you down. We’re going to have a lot of fun.”
“That’s what interests me about The Doctor because, actually, look at the blood on the man’s hands. 900 years, countless very selfish choices, and he’s literally blown planets up. His own race, you know, that’s all on his hands. Which is why I think he has to make silly jokes and wear a fez. Because if he didn’t, he’d hang himself.”
“To be honest, though, my fans tend to be women over 40 who like their men baby-faced or young girls who are way too young for me. Or men.”
“It’s like running away to join the circus, everyone wants to do it when they’re young but then you grow up and get a proper job. But somebody’s got to do it or you wouldn’t have the circus.”
“You don’t need millions of dollars or millions of people if you’re doing what you love.”