Tamsin Egerton

“I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, 'You've got everything going for you right now', and I say, 'Oh yes, but!' Which is not a good way to be.”

“Always take earplugs and an eye mask. It doesn't matter where you are. Even if you're in the best hotel, if there's road works outside, then you're screwed. So I take earplugs and an eye mask with me wherever I go.”

“Hairdressers call me dark blonde, but I think they're wrong. I feel far more naturally confident blonde. My mum's blonde, my sister's platinum blonde. I thought, 'When I grow up, that's what I'm going to look like.'”

“Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.”

“I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.”

“I was brought up to think a lot about food and have respect for it, both as medicine and something to eat and enjoy.”

“The truth is, I'm not body confident.”

“I'm a complete junky for lotions and potions! I love SkinCeuticles Hydrating B5 Gel; it's like a serum and I put it on my face, and immediately I can feel it. I put my moisturiser on top of that, and I just know that it's going in more. I can feel it working, and I love it.”

“I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.”

“I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.”

“At 11, I got my first job in a mini-series for America, and it was very exciting.”

“I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world.”

“I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so far from our everyday clothes that it immediately helps with the character and putting you in that mind frame.”

“I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.”

“Once you take a role, you have to do it properly and do it justice.”

“I'm not interested in serial dating; I'd honestly rather be single.”

“I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.”

“I have to be careful not to do so many comedy airhead roles from now on. I've turned down a couple already.”

“When you're acting, you're escaping and hiding behind something. It's cliched to say, but there's a safety there.”

“Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.”