Rachael Stirling

I always like a character who makes me laugh.

— 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…

— Rachael Stirling

If you aren't hot in Hollywood, you feel like you're in Siberia.

— Rachael Stirling

I seem to be able to go from part to part without being recognised, which I like. When I was little, I…

— Rachael Stirling

I take pleasure in discovering resourcefulness inside me.

— 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…

— Rachael Stirling

My mum is still totally rocking it. She's appearing in 'Game of Thrones,' which is massively cool.

— 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…

— Rachael Stirling

I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Rachael Stirling

The theatre always felt like home, and it does to this day. When I do screen acting, I miss telling a story…

— Rachael Stirling

I have never met anybody who likes 'The Detectorists' that I don't like.

— Rachael Stirling

If I'd been an actor in the 1940s, I would have been in fashion.

— Rachael Stirling

I want to be around when I'm 60; I don't want to be some flash in the pan.

— Rachael Stirling

I do panic when I'm out of work, and there have been long periods of that. And I'm not a good auditionee.…

— Rachael Stirling

I didn't grow up or learn how to fully serve myself until I got my head down in the theatre.

— Rachael Stirling

When you're on the verge of depression, a good leveller is to put one foot in front of the other and do…

— Rachael Stirling

I won't change the way I talk for anyone. I'll do it for work but not because I think someone will like…

— Rachael Stirling

My mum was working in London, so I went to school there until I was 12. But every holiday would be in…

— Rachael Stirling

I always hate it when I hear actors talking about the process of what they do, so I'll keep my thoughts to…

— Rachael Stirling

I woke up famous for about a minute, then stopped being famous again.

— Rachael Stirling

I teach kids to read on a Saturday for this charity called Real Action. It's a voluntary school because lots of the…

— Rachael Stirling

I did ballet as a child and started again seven years ago. I love that you hear this exquisite music, and for…

— Rachael Stirling