The profession I have keeps dragging me into drama and taking me away from baking, flowering and gardening. – Lykke Li
A lot of roles for people with disabilities are quite patronising. It’s a real pity when they are just used to give dull PC kudos to a drama, or when they’re wheeled on in a tokenistic way without any real involvement in the plot. – Mark Haddon
Drama school was a lifeline for me, it saved me. I found it very nurturing – I just clung on. – Lily James
I was a youngster looking up to dudes like Vicky McClure, Joe Dempsie and Michael Socha – in fact, he was a big influence on how I was able to detach drama from the all-singing, all-dancing stigma. – Jack O’Connell
I went to study English for two reasons. Principally because when I was in university, studying drama wasn’t considered an option. You couldn’t get a degree course for it. And so many plays and things that I was interested in landed themselves in a broader spectrum of literature. – James Callis
I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way. – Jacinda Barrett
Boarding school in Tring was a bit of a bubble that burst when I went to Hackney to go to drama school. – Lily James
Probably the only type of cosmetic surgery I’d consider is having my bust reduced. It’s alright for my current role in ‘The Marquise’ because it’s a costume drama, which means boned corsets and a bit of cleavage, but it’s a drag otherwise. – Kate O’Mara
I always call ‘Billy Elliot’ a fantasy autobiography because I never wanted to be a dancer, but I got a lot of stick from the other kids about wanting to be a writer and being interested in drama. – Lee Hall
You know how you’re supposed to choose between playing up your eyes or your lips? I always choose lips. I love the drama. – Leighton Meester
I have enough drama in my career, and then always playing dramatic roles and storylines… I like to lead a very low profile. – Jessica Lowndes
Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn’t normally. – Joe Thomas
I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that. – Lennie James
I’m a huge fan of the films of the ’70s and even into the ’80s, Sidney Lumet, all those films that used what was going on in people’s lives as drama. And not only are you entertained, but hopefully have a greater understanding of your world coming out of it. – J. C. Chandor
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
It wasn’t my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion. – Jennifer Capriati
I enjoyed the drama of ‘One Tree Hill,’ and the opportunity to be one of the comedic aspects, initially. – Kelsey Chow