Jessica Brown Findlay Quotes

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

Laugh, Friends, Young

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

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.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Best, Before, Once

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

Cool, Everything, Listen

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

Great, Find, Pretty

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!
Jessica Brown Findlay

Love, Beautiful, Rich

I am a hopeless romantic.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Romantic, Hopeless

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

Live, Past, Around

I don't know if I'm so righteous.
Jessica Brown Findlay

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

Mind, Giving, Everyone

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

Life, Family, Amazing

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

Throw, Endless, Depending

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

Money, Attitude, Job

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

Heart, Done, Country

I love when people become obsessed with 'Downton.'
Jessica Brown Findlay

Love, Become, Obsessed

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

Remember, Tears, Stealing

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

End, Someone, Song

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.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Two, Serious, Until

I trained as a ballet dancer and fell in love with Rudolf Nureyev; I thought him the most beautiful creature. My mum had to break it to me that not only was he gay, but he was dead.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Love, Beautiful, Gay

I trained as a ballet dancer till I was 18, so I would really like to get back to it. I'd love it if there was a part that meant I could do both acting and ballet, as they're both so close to my heart.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Love, Heart, Acting

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

Love, Character, Someone

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

Strong, Interested, Female

I'm starting to shake it off, I am quite self-conscious, and it's only when I'm playing roles that I can escape that. The older I get, the more people tell me it's absolutely fine to be the way you are with all your quirks and nuances, and I wish I'd learnt that younger - I would have relaxed a bit more.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Wish, Tell, Off

I've been told I make a very good brew.
Jessica Brown Findlay

I've got four piercings in my left, so we've dubbed my right one the 'period drama ear.' I have to be filmed from that side when I do emotional close-ups in 'Downton.'
Jessica Brown Findlay

Emotional, Left, Four

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Nationality: English

Born: September 14, 1989

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