Quotes from Jessica Raine

I certainly love getting to know the babies if I'm going to be working with them.

I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.

You have that moment just before you go on - I've had it in every play - where you just kind of want to run away. There's a whole audience, and they are waiting outside, and you're like, 'Why am I doing this again? Why? Why?'

I grew up just outside Hay-on-Wye, on the borders of Wales, on a farm. It was an amazing childhood, but I got a bit stir crazy when I hit my teens. There was the feeling of having to get out, you know, but it was definitely idyllic.

I always knew that the only thing I wanted to do was act, but it took me a long time to say it out loud to anyone, let alone myself. I am surprised by how dogged I have been in wanting to make a living as a respected actress.

After filming, I cant wait to shake off all that 50s primness. Ill go out to a gig and dance ridiculously. I love to lose myself in music. Just letting go - its dead important.

I have a lot of Breton striped top and silk shirts that always feel good. I also like things with a masculine edge and dislike anything too girly.

You know that book 'Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking', by Susan Cain? That's like my manifesto. The older I get, the more I think I could be a hermit.

I am not posh. I went to a comprehensive school.

I was always told at school I was posh, then I came to London, and here I'm told I have a country accent.

I'm certainly not squeamish at all. The countryside makes you very aware of birth and death.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. I love science-fiction.

I don't want to sound too bleeding heart, because I know how lucky I've been, but I never knew how hard it was to be the lead in a television show.

I think my dream would be to move into film, purely because there's a definite beginning, middle and end to a project. I struggle a bit with such a big series that's going all the time.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I did an A Level in Theatre Studies and had a really inspirational teacher, and then I just went on to university.

I hadn't realised what an institution 'Doctor Who' is.

Schedules on TV are so tight, and it feels like they get tighter and tighter with every passing year. The idea of asking where your character's come from or where they grew up - you would just get a little bit laughed at.

I have a gorgeous coat that I found at a vintage fair - it's just so elegant. Unfortunately, it has a massive hole underneath the arm, as I think I may have worn it to death!

I've not stopped going on public transport. I love going on it.

My fondest memories are of watching lambs being delivered.

On stage, I find anger at the unfairness of the world easily.

The first time I had to hold a baby, I was really nervous, but I soon grew in confidence.