Jodie Whittaker

“I'm not famous, which generally is an absolute plus point, but if you're on TV, or someone knows who you are, it can be quite helpful to a certain charity or certain cause.”

“I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.”

“As a young girl, I did not think that 'Time Lord' would ever be on my CV.”

“I talk a lot, and that is probably exhausting.”

“I love pubs and I love pub culture.”

“I don't really want to talk about relationships because it lets people into stuff. I'm not on Facebook for that reason.”

“Men and women should be paid equally.”

“When you're a kid, you read about this glamorous acting world, but actually it's really unglamorous.”

“As an actress, to get to work on a project where the main focus is the female voice is rare!”

“There's the chiselled superhero that we're used to seeing and we've all grown up with. But Doctor Who has never been that, which is wonderful. It's attainable in so many ways.”

“You never forget a trade.”

“I'll never be able to quantify how important 'Venus' was for me or my career. I ticked a huge box.”

“Of all the life skills I could have learned - First aid? Nah. But I can pour a pint.”

“I avoid banks and I've never been in any sort of corporate environment at all.”

“I think my ideal Christmas would be to hang out with my mates.”

“I'm the type of person that you'd walk past and go, 'I think I went to school with her,' or 'I know her and I can't quite place it.' It certainly isn't, 'I know her full name, and I can tell you who she is.'”

“I'm opinionated, and I'm comfortable with confrontation. I'm very happy to say if I believe the opposite of what you think.”

“I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.”

“You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.”

“I went to football training when I was five because I think my father thought he had two boys.”