Quotes from Emma Corrin

Where I was living, there was a backyard, and we had a lot of neighbors with cats. These cats used to just sit on the wall, and one day I just turned around and there was a cat sitting there.

I cannot express how unglamorous it is. There are moments, where you're at an event, and you'll be like, oh, this is quite shiny, but day to day - no. I live with flatmates that I've lived with for five years who have nine-to-five jobs. We all go to work, come home, cook dinner and there's no shenanigans.

We might take it for granted now, but back in the nineties, who was talking about mental health?

When you're an actor starting out, you have no control. All you can do is prepare the best you can for auditions and turn up on time.

I am a trained singer, but I had to unlearn how to sing with a coach, because Diana wasn't trained.

I don't remember the decision to be an actor. It was just... a very stark interest.

Cats do this thing with their faces where they're so still, but they have this almost magnetic connection to anything they're observing.

I'm unsure how true this is, but I heard the story that Freddie Mercury and his friends used to dress Diana up like a guy and take her out to gay bars. That sounds incredible.

If I look back at pictures of me when I was younger, oh my god. Nightmare!

And I remember walking in and there was this long, long table with everyone's name cards. I got there really early. The name card on my left said, 'Gillian Anderson,' and to my right was 'Josh O'Connor,' then opposite me was 'Olivia Colman.' I think I must have a picture on my phone of the table because my mind was just blown.

Princess Diana was an icon and her effect on the world remains profound and inspiring. To explore her through Peter Morgan's writing is the most exceptional opportunity and I will strive to do her justice.

I met a producer at a festival last year, and she said: you will find as you get older that there might not be parts; there aren't always roles for women out there that are any good. I don't think I will ever stop feeling that way: we've all grown up in the culture, it infiltrates your subconscious.

I thought my skin was really dry and I was worried about putting oil on it but I just needed to hydrate it.

People always ask how fame has hit me, and rarely do I feel it emotionally.

I am a people-pleaser. I don't like letting people down.