My first paid role was my first job out of drama school, which was ‘Just William.’ It was a BBC TV show. I played Ethel. – Lily James
I don’t like seeing celebs looking too skinny, I love it when they look healthy and comfortable in their bodies and embrace their curves. – Lily James
For girls growing up, sometimes I think they get the wrong idea for what women should look like. – Lily James
As cynical as I can be, there’s always a part of me that believes in love and the fairy tale. – Lily James
The greatest thing is that usually the auditions you think are bad are the ones you get. – Lily James
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. – Lily James
People talk a lot about, ‘You’re a Disney princess! You’re Cinderella!’ and this and that. But for me, it’s all about the fact that I worked with Cate Blanchett and was directed by Kenneth Branagh. That’s the ‘Cinderella’ story for me. – Lily James
When I worked with Bill Nighy on ‘Wrath of the Titans,’ he said to me, ‘There’s one thing you can promise me, and that’s never, ever, ever read your reviews.’ – Lily James
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. – Lily James
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. – Lily James
My mom passed down to me her old Levi’s denim jacket. When I left it on a plane, I was devastated. I’ve never been able to find anything with quite the same cool, faded look. – Lily James
I saw Cate Blanchett in ‘Big and Small,’ and it was mind-blowing. The fact that she can do theatre and is also a huge movie star is really exciting. – Lily James
With corsets, it’s interesting when you put them on, realizing that’s what women actually wore. They’re just so constricting. – Lily James
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!’ – Lily James
I think it’s so important to be healthy and confident and natural. And not put too much stress on trying to be thin – I don’t get the thin, thin thing at all. – Lily James
It’s hard to see yourself as a princess because it involves a huge leap of the imagination and sort of requires you to believe you can be that, which is a scary, weird thing. – Lily James
My mum thinks I’m amazing at everything. That unconditional love is just the most precious thing you can have. – Lily James
I have an amazing stylist; she’s called Rebecca Corbin Murray… I go around to her living room, and it’s sort of exploding with dresses, and we go through them all, and she’s so good at picking things she knows I’ll like, and we work together. She’s taught me absolutely everything; she’s brilliant. – Lily James
When the board games came out of the cupboard when I was a kid, I had to beat my two brothers every time. – Lily James