Laura Carmichael

I certainly never saw myself as posh.

— Laura Carmichael

I don't really get recognised very much.

— Laura Carmichael

I'm rubbish at Twitter.

— Laura Carmichael

I'm from Southampton.

— Laura Carmichael

I have such a huge girl crush on Beyonce.

— Laura Carmichael

I'm not recognised much at all.

— Laura Carmichael

I cry at films and TV and even adverts.

— Laura Carmichael

In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.

— Laura Carmichael

I have two sisters, and we are the best of friends.

— Laura Carmichael

Sometimes we do things that are really awful.

— Laura Carmichael

In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class.

— Laura Carmichael

Being at home is a job in itself and raising a family for sure.

— Laura Carmichael

When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.

— Laura Carmichael

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

— Laura Carmichael

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

— Laura Carmichael

No one goes through life thinking that theyre the best friend of the lead character.

— Laura Carmichael

I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as…

— Laura Carmichael

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

— Laura Carmichael

No one goes through life thinking that they're the best friend of the lead character.

— Laura Carmichael

Id love to work in the States; Id love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part…

— Laura Carmichael

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

— Laura Carmichael

If I'm tweeting about being somewhere, and I haven't replied to somebody's email from three days ago, that's quite rude.

— Laura Carmichael

We all have hierarchies at work - even on set, the runner would never walk up to the director and ask for…

— Laura Carmichael

Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty…

— Laura Carmichael

I've been really lucky because I've managed to become wonderful friends with a handful of very talented British designers. Christopher Kane has…

— Laura Carmichael

I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters…

— Laura Carmichael

I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be…

— Laura Carmichael

My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then…

— Laura Carmichael

The Twenties have this sort of attitude where you never know what's around the corner.

— Laura Carmichael

There is no way I'd have wanted to live in the Twenties. It was really crap for women.

— Laura Carmichael

The Twenties have this sort of attitude where you never know whats around the corner.

— Laura Carmichael

I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.

— Laura Carmichael

There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.

— Laura Carmichael

When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.

— Laura Carmichael

I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part…

— Laura Carmichael