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Jessica Brown Findlay

Jessica Brown Findlay Books

Actress

British actress born on September 14, 1989. She gained widespread recognition for her role as Lady Sybil Crawley in the British TV series 'Downton Abbey', which earned her multiple award nominations.

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“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.”

Way Persons Sometimes Character Jobs Certain Easy Interesting Work Out Surface Actresses Shallow Most Interesting

Author: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.'”

People Ifs Thinking Way Want Sometimes Whole Written Scene Angry Calm Disappointed Freak

Author:Jessica Brown Findlay

“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.”

People Looks Would Be Style Hollywood Actresses Classic Timeless Icons Stunning Chic Style Icons Old Hollywood

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“When you get a bit older and you realise that no one knows what they're doing, no one's perfect and it's fine.”

Perfect Realising

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“Performance became part of my art in a way - expressing things and emotion.”

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“What I really learned from Tim Burton is that it's important to have your own person in a role because you can't play a character unless there are elements of human behaviour that you yourself understand. I was really struck by how Tim Burton would like to sit and chat about you... or question things which then you had never thought about. It is a good thing to always step back a bit with things like that. But I try my damned hardest to learn something from everything I do.”

Trying Important Character Good Things

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“I really enjoy auditions anyway because I think that even if you come out of them, and you go in once and it never goes anywhere, there is something that you bring out of it or a note that will come back to your agent and that's the way you learn.”

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“You never think you're as old as you're ever going to get.”

Thinking Death Dying

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“I love when people become obsessed with Downton.”

People Obsessed

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“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.”

Acting Emotion Adore

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“And it's as you get older that you realize that the things that make you strange are the things that make you who you are. And that's a lovely place to get to.”

Realizing Strange Who You Are Lovely

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“I've read my grandmother's memoirs and she served as a nurse during World War II. What they had to do was incredible.”

World War Incredibles Memoir War Of The Worlds Grandmother World War Ii Nurse World War I My Grandmother

Author:Jessica Brown Findlay

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

Thinking Jobs Attitude Gypsy

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“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.”

Book Stories Young Laughing Wonderful My Friends Incredibles Tragic Austen Bronte

Author:Jessica Brown Findlay

“At 17, we all think we know what we're doing.”

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“Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.”

Three Numbers Stage Goes On Lucky Auditions Three Times

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

Way Should Embarrassing Too Cool

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“I am a hopeless romantic.”

Hopeless Hopeless Romantic

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“I don't know if I'm so righteous.”

Ifs Knows Righteous

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

Giving Mind Including Shock

Author: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.”

Kind Endless Ipods Springsteen Playlists

Author:Jessica Brown Findlay

“I remember stealing some pic n' mix when I was seven; when I got out of the shop, I burst into tears.”

Remember Tears Seven Stealing Shops

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“I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.”

Wells Two Half Serious Eight Dancer Ballet Ballet Dancer

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“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.”

Ifs Want Mean Play Character Cold Scary Hungry Really Scary

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

Strong Roles Female Loud Introvert Strong Female Female Roles

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

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

Reason Moving Skirts

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“Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.”

Problem Three Operations Ankles

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“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.”

People Play Girl Interesting Roles Aspect Scripts Likes Cheese Very Interesting Chalk Brainless

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“I absolutely adore Alessandra Rich, I think her dresses are stunning and she really knows how to cut and dress the female shape. Her stuff is really beautiful, stylish and a little bit quirky. I love it all!”

Thinking Knows Littles Beautiful Stuff Bits Know How Rich Cutting Shapes Little Bit Female Dresses Adore Quirky Stunning Really Beautiful Stylish

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“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.”

Ifs Want Past Faces House Breaths Blue Driving Slough

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“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.”

Play Character Age Girl Wonderful Leap Coming Of Age This Girl Whirlwind Brash Albatross

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“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!”

Ifs Years Heart Littles Country Done Style My Heart Clothes Rounds Shirts Tied Sleeves Collars Ribbons Heart On My Sleeve

Author:Jessica Brown Findlay

About the Author

Born: September 14, 1989
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 33

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