Quotes from Phoebe Dynevor

I did love the glamour of going out and had a couple of years when there was a lot of make-up and false eyelashes.

I think Bridgerton' transports you into a different world. It's witty, vibrant, fun and sexy and yet its themes are relevant to the world we're living in today.

I meditate, I have a therapist, I walk every day.

So many times I've seen that done where it's the man laying back in bed, with his chubby belly, and the woman is absolutely gorgeous in every way, and you see all of her beautiful backside. To flip that on its head was so interesting to me.

My grandmother Shelley was an actress and would tell me about working in the theatre, while my grandpa on Dad's side, Gerard Dynevor, was a big influence in theatre and a TV director.

Everyone in my family has a weird leg in the industry. My grandpa was a director and my grandma was a third AD, so you'd always hear stories growing up just of being on set and of actors.

To me, the costume does half the job for you, or even more than half of the job.

I'm not a big reality TV person, although recently someone got me into 90 Day Fiance,' which is pretty addictive.

What makes me happiest? Either being around people that I love, or working on something that I love.

We have the time now to actually find ourselves before we settle down and marry and have kids. But for someone like Daphne, her only way of finding herself and figuring out who she is is through getting married.

My mum grew up in Oldham and was going to work at a cigarette factory till she decided to go to drama school, so there's part of me that wants to represent the Northern working-class background.

I think that a costume can really help in embodying a character. So dressing up in something completely different to what you would usually wear is so new and refreshing.

I'm sure a lot of people go into this industry quite blind as to what it will be like. There's a lot of rejection, but I knew that. My parents have been super-supportive, they told me from the start, 'Just keep going.'

I've always said - I don't know why - that I didn't like horses and was scared of them.

I was lucky because I only had a half-corset, so it wasn't bad. You do get used to them, but I was very relieved to take it off at the end of the day.

We all have to contribute in any way we can to telling stories that include everyone; that's our jobs, to speak out and make sure we're representing people.

I had been living in L.A. for about nine months, and I was kind of at that point where I was ready to go home, and sort of throw in the towel.

My grandma worked her whole life as a single mother.

Apparently, sitcoms are like the dream job, I've been told. The hours are great, apparently.

Being able to do a role where you learn a new skill is just such a dream. I recently played a potter and got to learn pottery.

I always hear about people falling in love with their costars. It's yet to happen to me, but I'm intrigued.

I sometimes wish that 21st century women could wear skirts and dresses every day without looking overdressed.

With Daphne, there was a huge part of me going, This is my dream job, literally my dream role, but there's no way I'm going to get it. So I may as well just do it how I want to do it, and not think about anyone else.' That was quite a good thing.

Daphne is the eldest of the Bridgerton daughters, so she is the first to make her debut on the marriage mart and she's waited her whole life for this moment. When we meet her, she conforms to the social pressures placed on young women at the time but as she evolves, she very much finds her voice.