I used to do a Saturday drama group called Young Blood Theatre Company with school-friends in west London - nothing to do with my mum and dad. A casting director came to pick people out for a new BBC children's… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
Most of my really strong friendships are with people I've known all my life. — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I'm so open to different things. The only thing I'd say is I've set the bar pretty high in terms of good female roles… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
My first professional audition as an actor was when I was about 12 years old, and it was for a children's television show called… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure. — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I feel like all teenagers can relate to that feeling of being, like, so highly strung, and everything is so on the surface, and… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician. — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I want to play a range, from victims to strong people, just as long as it's a well-rounded character. And it's not a woman… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I properly started acting until I did my first play, 'Tusk, Tusk.' — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
All my friends were off on gap years, so going to New York alone, at the age of 18, was kind of my flying… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I've set the bar high in terms of having a very feminist attitude towards how I present my body. — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I was doing one of my first plays at the Royal Court, and Matt LeBlanc came to see the play. He came backstage afterwards,… — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive. — Bel Powley Copy Share Image
