A biography for Lily Jameshasn’t been written yet.
“When people feel good, they look good.”
“I Googled myself, and I saw some nice things and some not-so-nice things. I've learned that that stuff isn't real, and it doesn't exist unless you look at it.”
“Any kid in the world can draw from strengths within - we all have the potential with that.”
“I'm learning a lot about how to be one of the 'good' actors. You'd hope that it's natural to be a good person, and kind, but I'm learning how to deal with long, sometimes boring days.”
“I used to go to musicals every birthday - that was my birthday present. We'd go to London, me and my two brothers and mum and dad. I think I saw 'Mamma Mia' about five times.”
“It's pretty disabling sometimes, the terror of not living up. My expectations are the worst.”
“I loved fairy tales growing up.”
“As an actor, you get a bit itchy to do something entirely different.”
“God, I used to have really skinny-crap eyebrows. They were such an ugly disaster.”
“I want to do more theater, which allows you to take bigger risks and experiment.”
“The first Disney movie I saw I think was 'Snow White.' I loved all the Disney princess movies.”
“It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!'”
“I'm such a geek now with princesses. It's pathetic.”
“I saw this cool interview with Amy Adams from when she did 'Enchanted' and played a princess, and when kids came up to her with no make-up and ripped jeans on, she said, 'I'm off duty. I'm an off-duty princess', and I thought that was quite sweet.”
“I think Beyonce always looks great.”
“I love putting on a red lip. I don't do it so much for events - somehow, I don't seem to get it right - but when I just go to the pub or to a restaurant or something, I just put a red lip on.”
“My dad did every single accent under the sun, and he would read bedtime stories.”
“I think our sense as actors of what we've just done - whether or not it be in an audition - is usually really not connected to any truth. I'm always asking for more takes and more goes. I think I just need to shut up and listen.”
“I trained with Olympics Athlete Jeanette Kwakye - who is amazing! And Shani Anderson, who is an excellent Olympic runner. We trained five times a week; running, circuits, weights, working out in the gym, and on the track. It was an insane time.”
“I really have been lucky because I've always had a very healthy attitude to my body.”