Top 36 Quotes & Sayings by Jodie Whittaker

I'm the type of person that you'd walk past and go, 'I think I went to school with her,' or 'I know her and I can't quite place it.' It certainly isn't, 'I know her full name, and I can tell you who she is.'

You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

I'm a quiet person's nightmare - the only time I shut up is when I'm reading, because I'm a book geek.

I would have been a nightmare in any kind of office, because I wouldn't have had any friends in any environment other than performing.

Of all the life skills I could have learned - First aid? Nah. But I can pour a pint.

I think my ideal Christmas would be to hang out with my mates.

I'm not cerebral in any way. Education, for me, was a nightmare. You put someone talking in front of me, and I cannot engage with that. I think that's why I'm an actor; if I can physically be in it, I get it.

Being the first female Doctor and showing children that their heroes in shows don't always look the same is a huge honour for me.

I'm not famous, which generally is an absolute plus point, but if you're on TV, or someone knows who you are, it can be quite helpful to a certain charity or certain cause.

You want to be a citizen of the world, and then life happens, and you forget to be a citizen of the world; you're a citizen of your own existence.

As a young girl, I did not think that 'Time Lord' would ever be on my CV.

I talk a lot, and that is probably exhausting.

I love pubs and I love pub culture.

I don't really want to talk about relationships because it lets people into stuff. I'm not on Facebook for that reason.

Men and women should be paid equally.

I exist on a caffeine level ten.

I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.

I try to be like a sponge when I'm around other actors, picking things up about the way they work and how they do things.

There's the chiselled superhero that we're used to seeing and we've all grown up with. But Doctor Who has never been that, which is wonderful. It's attainable in so many ways.

When you're a kid, you read about this glamorous acting world, but actually it's really unglamorous.

I was the attention-seeking child in class who needed everyone to look at meee.

A woman is never going to get to be Bond or Doctor Who. That will never happen.

As an actress, to get to work on a project where the main focus is the female voice is rare!

The worst thing about being in the public eye is that journalists write things that you can't control.

I've never been mugged, never really experienced street fear. In fact, I'm the one who gets into arguments because I don't keep my mouth shut.

I am a quiet person's nightmare. The only time I shut up is when I'm reading, because I'm a book geek.

I went to football training when I was five because I think my father thought he had two boys.

I'm opinionated, and I'm comfortable with confrontation. I'm very happy to say if I believe the opposite of what you think.

You never forget a trade.

I've never experienced sexual harassment at work, but I 100% believe and support everyone that has come forward, because I'm very lucky that it has never happened to me.

You will not get me in one second of an interview criticising another actress for a phenomenal performance.

I 100% want to support the movement, #MeToo and Time's Up. We are a sisterhood.

I avoid banks and I've never been in any sort of corporate environment at all.

I'll never be able to quantify how important 'Venus' was for me or my career. I ticked a huge box.

I think actor is one of those jobs where you don't stop learning, even if you have a career longer than my little five years! You're meeting new people all the time, so you might as well just be a sponge and take everybody's input and style as a bit of a lesson.

I've got to work with people who have had really fantastic careers and who are still lovely people to be around. So, I suppose that's kind of a big inspiration for me - to work for as long as possible but to continue to enjoy it. I want to be a part of the process, rather than just wanting the rewards.