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> [I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and with great big Simone Beauvoir quotations written in mirror writing so you had to look at yourself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-loved-these-great-big-pieces-she/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

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## More by Rachael Stirling

> [I always like a character who makes me laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-always-like-a-character-who-makes-me-laugh/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and with great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-loved-these-great-big-pieces-she/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [If you aren't hot in Hollywood, you feel like you're in Siberia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/if-you-aren-t-hot-in-hollywood-you-feel-like-you-re-in-siberia/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [I seem to be able to go from part to part without being recognised, which I like. When I was little, I resented it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-seem-to-be-able-to-go-from-part-to-part-without-being-recognised/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [I take pleasure in discovering resourcefulness inside me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-take-pleasure-in-discovering-resourcefulness-inside-me/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [I used to worry about the lack of roles for women over 40. But suddenly, everyone has realised it's interesting to have a drama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-used-to-worry-about-the-lack-of-roles-for-women-over-40-but/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [My mum is still totally rocking it. She's appearing in 'Game of Thrones,' which is massively cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/my-mum-is-still-totally-rocking-it-she-s-appearing-in-game-of-thrones/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [I had been kind of quite porky and happy at boarding school and not self-conscious at all; then, suddenly, I found myself in auditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-had-been-kind-of-quite-porky-and-happy-at-boarding-school-and-not/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-was-always-drawn-to-standing-up-in-front-of-people/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [She was just Ma, and I didn't grow up in some kind of acting dynasty: Orson Welles didn't come round and give me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/she-was-just-ma-and-i-didn-t-grow-up-in-some-kind-of-acting-dynasty/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [In my bones, I feel like a Scot. I always have. My mum's from Doncaster, so whatever that is as a combination of Scotland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/in-my-bones-i-feel-like-a-scot-i-always-have-my-mum-s-from-doncaster/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [I eat healthily, I do ballet and exercise, and I'm toned and tight, but I take up space, and I don't aspire to anorexia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-eat-healthily-i-do-ballet-and-exercise-and-i-m-toned-and-tight-but/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [The theatre always felt like home, and it does to this day. When I do screen acting, I miss telling a story from beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/the-theatre-always-felt-like-home-and-it-does-to-this-day-when-i-do/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [I have never met anybody who likes 'The Detectorists' that I don't like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-have-never-met-anybody-who-likes-the-detectorists-that-i-don-t-like/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

> [If I'd been an actor in the 1940s, I would have been in fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/if-i-d-been-an-actor-in-the-1940s-i-would-have-been-in-fashion/)

[Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/)

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