Tamsin Egerton

“I'm trying to cultivate a long-term career rather than get every job right this minute. That'd be putting too much pressure on myself. I'd go crazy if I thought like that.”

“Kids hate anyone who is different.”

“I love jewellery, but it's something I go through stages with. I have my go-to pieces that I will bring out and wear for weeks at a time.”

“I hardly ever missed school, and I always got my work in on time. I was a good student and always got top grades.”

“Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.”

“The weather in California is so much hotter than it is in England that it's absolutely changed my style. I have many more dresses and shorts than I ever thought I would coming from U.K.! It's so much easier to dress femininely in a warm climate.”

“I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.”

“The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.”

“Some people who meet me might think I starve myself, because there's such an assumption that being thin involves putting yourself through torture and punishing your body, but I'm just naturally skinny - you should watch me demolish a ploughman's lunch.”

“My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman.”

“I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'”

“I'm not a flying fan. I can't bear it.”

“L.A. is definitely a Marmite sort of place for me. I used to hate it, but now I love it. I think it really helps if you know the places and the restaurants and the nice bars to go to and if you have friends there. I've got some friends over there now, and they're not all actors, which is quite refreshing, and now I have a great time there.”

“I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.”

“I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.”

“I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.”

“I will normally eat about seven or eight mince pies in one sitting. Sometimes, I can get to double figures. My friends, and probably most people, stop at two, so they probably dislike me a bit for it.”

“I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.”

“My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.”

“I'm a real animal lover. I adore animals of all shapes and sizes.”