Claudia Jessie

“There's not one person that hasn't felt like they've been on the outside looking in and going, 'What the hell is that?'”

“Usually on jobs I'm quite philosophical and think 'The right girl gets the part and everything is meant to be.'”

“I do wear prescription glasses off screen, though I didn't wear them to any of the auditions until the read-through.”

“I've been doing a lot of children's dramas, but I really wanted to move into more gritty stuff.”

“But when I got into my teens, I didn't have money. And then, getting into my early 20s, I still didn't have money. And charity shops would be a great place for me to get cheap clothes.”

“None of us knows what a good or bad person is. In real life we're all brilliant and a bit rubbish.”

“I feel like Bridgerton is the way that I get to reach out to people.”

“On paper I'm incredibly annoying.”

“Maybe people who aren't too interested in period pieces will be now because 'Bridgerton' is so contemporary, so modern.”

“I was filming 'Father Brown' when my agent told me about the audition. As soon as I heard the words 'Line of Duty,' I was so excited.”

“I've never wanted anything other than to be happy and I just follow my nose as to what that means.”

“I was obsessed with vintage stuff, I was obsessed with sort of the old lady floral patterns and like Paisley stuff.”

“I'm not very attached to my phone and am naturally quite an introvert - and I'm OK with that.”

“I've chopped off a good chunk of my hair and gone darker and I look a bit older.”

“After my audition for 'Bridgerton,' I put it out there to the universe, and I bought the book. I was like, 'Right. If I commit, then I'll get the job.' And it worked.”

“Eloise is obsessed with Lady Whistledown, and she is a worthy opponent to try and find her. But, I reckon, more than half of the obsession is the fact that for her, Lady Whistledown is an expression of the potential for freedom that Eloise talks about so avidly.”

“We've seen Shakespeare done a billion times to make it seem relevant today. We love period dramas. We love to long for a time gone by.”

“I didn't get etiquette classes, which is a shame because someone like me needs them.”

“In Vanity Fair, everyone messes up.”

“Art is supposed to change and grow and accord with the times. It seems perfect to me that we have a period drama with a core of modern times.”