Laura Carmichael Quotes

#1. No one goes through life thinking that they're the best friend of the lead character.

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#2. I have such a huge girl crush on Beyonce.

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#3. In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class.

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#4. I certainly never saw myself as posh.

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#5. I'm from Southampton.

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#6. When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.

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#7. I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play. But I do love British film as well.

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#8. As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

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#9. Sometimes we do things that are really awful.

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#10. I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous.

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#11. I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as much from them as I did at drama school.

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#12. We all have hierarchies at work - even on set, the runner would never walk up to the director and ask for a cup of coffee.

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#13. I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.

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#14. I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.

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#15. You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

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#16. There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.

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#17. I don't really get recognised very much.

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#18. There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.

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#19. I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.

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#20. I've been really lucky because I've managed to become wonderful friends with a handful of very talented British designers. Christopher Kane has become one of my very good friends - also Erdem. Jonathan Saunders is another brilliant talent who's very kind. We all hang out.

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#21. I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

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#22. I cry at films and TV and even adverts.

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#23. It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

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#24. In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.

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#25. If I'm tweeting about being somewhere, and I haven't replied to somebody's email from three days ago, that's quite rude.

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#26. My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.

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#27. I'm not recognised much at all.

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#28. When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.

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#29. I'm rubbish at Twitter.

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