Rachael Stirling Quotes

'Ambitious' is seen as a dirty word, especially when it comes to women. But what being ambitious actually means is to achieve distinction in your chosen field.
Having brothers - I love that. They don't take any rubbish, and they beat you up if you've been misbehaving.
I always hate it when I hear actors talking about the process of what they do, so I'll keep my thoughts to myself.
I always like a character who makes me laugh.
I can't think of anything better than being considered a poster girl for intelligent women.
I did ballet as a child and started again seven years ago. I love that you hear this exquisite music, and for a moment, you feel like a thing of beauty; it's changed my awareness of my body.
I didn't grow up or learn how to fully serve myself until I got my head down in the theatre.
I do have strong feelings about the aristocracy: they serve a purpose, but it's a sort of insular strand of society.
I do panic when I'm out of work, and there have been long periods of that. And I'm not a good auditionee. I talk myself out of jobs in front of the director and suggest other people who would be better.
I eat healthily, I do ballet and exercise, and I'm toned and tight, but I take up space, and I don't aspire to anorexia.
I feel sexier in my 40s than I did in my 20s and 30s.
I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and with great big Simone Beauvoir quotations written in mirror writing so you had to look at yourself in the pictures to read them.
I find the idea that some kids go into acting because of their parents butt-clenchingly embarrassing. I've gone out of my way to prove myself as a separate being. I don't want to be seen as a subset of someone else.
I had been kind of quite porky and happy at boarding school and not self-conscious at all; then, suddenly, I found myself in auditions being examined, and it made me angry.
I have never met anybody who likes 'The Detectorists' that I don't like.
I know I'm not a hotly in-demand movie star, but I'm good at my job. And I want to keep working for the next 40 years.
I like cake, I swear a lot, and I hardly ever go to the hairdresser. I don't think I'm a movie star.
I love growing older. Normally, I don't bother with make-up. This face in the mirror is changing. I've got new lines from smiling at the sprog so much.
I love radio interviews; it's all about multitasking and, like all good women, I can do that.
I panicked in my 20s and 30s about whether I was doing the right thing. I was an excited puppy, wanting to please people and feeling guilty that I'd had a privileged education and an acting career.
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