Jessica Brown Findlay quotes

My style icons would be people like Brigitte Bardot and old Hollywood actresses who always look so stunning, cool and chic. I like classic and timeless looks. (Jessica Brown Findlay)

I like to accessorise shirts with a little ribbon tied round my collar or a country style ascot. I've also sewed little hearts on some of my sleeves which I've done for years because I always wear my heart on my sleeve so if you see a little embroidered heart on my clothes, that's why!

Jessica Brown Findlay

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

Jessica Brown Findlay

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.

Jessica Brown Findlay

Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I am a hopeless romantic.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I'm hungry for a cold and mean character - I'd love it if someone thought I could play gritty. I want to play a baddie, someone really scary.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

Jessica Brown Findlay

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.'

Jessica Brown Findlay

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

Jessica Brown Findlay

At 17, we all think we know what we're doing. (Jessica Brown Findlay)

I shout at the radio when someone starts talking over the end of a song. Shut up! I don't want to hear that the DJ has just found a mouldy sandwich in the corner of the studio. Nor do I like it when the magic of something you're watching is shattered by an advert for Argos.

Jessica Brown Findlay

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.

Jessica Brown Findlay

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.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I love when people become obsessed with 'Downton.'

Jessica Brown Findlay

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.

Jessica Brown Findlay

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

Jessica Brown Findlay

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

Jessica Brown Findlay

I've been told I make a very good brew.

Jessica Brown Findlay

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.

Jessica Brown Findlay

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. (Jessica Brown Findlay)

Girls in scripts are often pretty but brainless, or geeky and no one likes them, so it's great to find richer roles. Chalk and cheese aspects of people are very interesting to play.

Jessica Brown Findlay