Quotes from Claire Foy

I wouldn't have been able to go to drama school when I was 19. I don't think I was even conscious of life... I was like a zombie. But when I finished uni' I just realised... just go and do it, stop being a knob.

I think you can't have the monarchy without the coronation. I think you would have to get rid of the whole kit and caboodle.

The idea of your younger sibling being in pain and realizing you are the cause of that pain is unbearable.

In the first two episodes, before she becomes Queen, I could be a lot freer with my emotions, but as the series goes on, she develops an armour in order to cope with her circumstances. She has to be a sphinx, which must be so hard. Imagine never being able to shout, 'Shut up,' or cry, even in front of your own family.

I'm lucky I have a fast metabolism... my whole family does... everyone's got a lot of nervous energy so we burn it off.

The Queen has stayed with me in the sense that she lets people come to her. She doesn't feel like she has to go out. I mean, she doesn't have to anyway because of her rank and her position, but she doesn't have to overdo it.

Growing up, I was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio.

I just think, in every acting choice that you make, you've got to go for the least obvious choice.

I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and think that what your character is doing is ridiculous. You don't want anyone to watch it and go, 'Oh my God, that's just fortuitous.'

I think, Queen Victoria's diaries, I think you can get them if you go to the British Library.

When someone is 90, and you've seen their entire life, you just think you know everything about them and that they must live a straight-laced life.

I am always so envious of people who do whatever they want.