Quotes from Jonathan Bailey

The National is the leading theater in the U.K. because it's three big theater spaces in one big building. At any moment you're there, you just know that you're working with people that you're going to be seeing for hopefully the rest of your career.

When I left school I did far more theatre than anything else and it was exciting.

We should be proud in Britain that there's a massive crossover between theatre and TV.

In fact, I've always thought that there are actors who can talk very quickly and effectively. And I've never felt that I'm in that category!

It's funny, because even though Bridgerton' is obviously a period drama, Anthony's story is quite modern in the sense that he's reached a point where he genuinely believes that love will never happen for him.

The structure of theatre is always: turn up, do the job, be present and be kind, and work hard.

I worked with Nick Hurran when I was 15 and had to remind him of this. I did a drama for ITV which he directed.

My dad worked in a honey factory - we used to call him the honey monster' - and I worked there.

What we did yesterday, Can be changed today to make tomorrow different.. PAST / PRESENT / FUTUREPrecious Present Moments Light Our Path

I can't believe that The Hour' has been axed.

I think Chris Van Dusen has got this amazing ability to take Julia Quinn's extraordinary books and her amazing worlds that she delicately filled with excitement and sexiness. And he takes it to a whole other level.

A cleanse, tone and moisturize always sets me up for the day.

My toothbrush is analogue all the way. There's a supersonic Oral-B in the cabinet but I like an old-fashioned DIY to get a full clean. Firm bristles.

I'd be quite good at yo-yos, differentiating between them. The X-Brain, the Viper, the Tornado: I was into them at school. They're due a resurgence.

Good actors can do anything, and there'll be amazing writers who are willing to write for everyone.

The thing with Sondheim is that people sometimes say he's the only thing that matters, and then you end up embalming him, when the fact is he just writes the best and most accessible music.

It seemed really important that at least one character in Bridgerton' got burnt by love - you know, Anthony mishandled his relationship with Siena and became quite toxic.

With Bridgerton,' you're following eight siblings, all with different wants and they'll meet people along the way, and they'll interact differently.

You can't sign on for a romance novel adaptation and then get prudish.

I already knew, of course, about the juggernaut that is Shonda Rhimes and the cultural significance of her.

I've weirdly always got to show my bottom. For some reason my bum always comes out and it's not always written in the script.

As a man you just think, oh no, can I grow a beard, can I do this, and a mutton chop is a really niche aspiration, but yeah, I got there.

One of my sisters was doing dance, and I'd watch from the back of the classroom in my trainers. Slowly, I started integrating myself into the fraught south Oxford ballet culture.

Free your mind, become who you are.. the mind is the biggest drug.. and everyone is addicted.