Josh O'Connor

“I went from silent films to watching French new wave cinema. I became entrapped by it all. That's when I knew I wanted to do film. The moment you start looking at film from a critique point of view - there's a difference between watching a film as an audience and with a critical point of view.”

“I am thrilled to be joining The Firm for the next installment of 'The Crown'.”

“Being in 'The Crown' and being recognised in the street is weird for me.”

“I knew a bit about 'Emma' through the book when I was younger, but actually more from 'Clueless'.”

“I mean, I knew of Jane Austen's work, and I guess I'm a fan at a distance insofar as from a literary point of view, it's beautifully written.”

“I have no memory of feeling strong and rugged at any point. I've been considering masculinity my whole life.”

“Ultimately, I want a career where I get to try as many things out as I can.”

“My dad's an English teacher and my mum's a midwife. Then my mum's side of the family are all crazy creative.”

“I think Jane Austen is like Shakespeare, in a slightly different way. I think people will continue to revisit these stories because they remain relevant, regardless of how you do them.”

“Well, we lived in Newbury first, until I was five. Then we went to Cheltenham, which is lovely, a really sweet town. We lived surrounded by hills. It was the best place to grow up.”

“I've got two brothers. One's older - the artist - and then my younger brother is an ecological economist - a farmer.”

“I grew up in a family that felt indifferent towards the royal family.”

“I've never farmed before. It's unforgiving, it's hard work, hard graft - but I loved it, and I loved everyone I met who guided me along the way.”

“As an actor, I always have this thing where I can't plan ahead for holidays or a break because I don't know when I might be needed for the next job.”

“But I loved 'Clueless'. I still think 'Clueless' is a great movie.”

“My parents probably were delighted when I chose acting, because if there is one job in the world that is less financially reliable than acting, it is art.”

“I wanted to be an artist; it was be an artist or be an actor.”

“I must say, I wouldn't turn down a superhero role, although there do seem to be a lot of British actors out there doing that.”

“All of a sudden we were going on school trips, seeing these amazing plays by the likes of Samuel Beckett. My whole world went from 'This is really fun' to 'This is fascinating to me'.”

“This crew member has managed to get this picture of me to the Queen who'd said that she loved me in 'The Durrells'! The real life Queen!”