Quotes from Rachael Stirling

I remember typing up my dissertation sitting in a horse box - I didn't qualify for a caravan - on a set in Pinewood on my first film, 'Still Crazy.'

I know I'm not a hotly in-demand movie star, but I'm good at my job. And I want to keep working for the next 40 years.

I love radio interviews; it's all about multitasking and, like all good women, I can do that.

There is a sense of shame that comes with unemployment. I didn't become a movie star, and I was a size 14.

I was a bit of a backstage baby, but I wasn't at all precocious, and there was never a light bulb moment when I decided to go on the stage.

I do have strong feelings about the aristocracy: they serve a purpose, but it's a sort of insular strand of society.

When going out on a date, I think there are certain old-fashioned manners that I still enjoy. I don't mean that as an anti-feminist comment. I just mean it as a pro-women comment. There must be a place for us to exist and our differences to exist without one taking away from the other.

My dear dad always tried to introduce me to children of his friends, but I just never took to them. Those were the people we were shoved with at school dances, usually Eton boys because it was the cleverest boys' school, and ours was supposed to be the cleverest girls' school.

When you're on the verge of depression, a good leveller is to put one foot in front of the other and do some manual labour.

I remember I went to audition for the first Daniel Craig Bond film, 'Casino Royale.' I was there in this Versace dress, and I remember looking in the mirror, and I couldn't have felt less like a Bond girl if I tried.

I won't change the way I talk for anyone. I'll do it for work but not because I think someone will like me more if I take the edge off.

The tabloids had a field day with 'Tipping The Velvet,' which was great for the viewing figures but not necessarily for the actors involved.