Top 93 Quotes & Sayings by Phoebe Dynevor - Page 2

Everyone in my family has a weird leg in the industry. My grandpa was a director and my grandma was a third AD, so you'd always hear stories growing up just of being on set and of actors.

As for actors, I'm hugely in awe of Cate Blanchett - and Meryl Streep, obviously.

There's nothing like rehearsing a waltz to a Stormzy track. It's hard to compare it to anything!

I've always said that I couldn't dance.

I have a fear of failure, letting someone down, contradicting myself.

I'm obsessed with every single album from Jhene Aiko.

Actors just seemed like really fascinating people.

There's definitely something to be said for having a dancing partner and trusting each other and having to create something together which then really informs the performance, in a way.

I worry about everything. I'm full of anxiety.

I meditate, I have a therapist, I walk every day.

In a lot of the Regency stuff we've seen in the past, we see a very composed woman. There's not much sexuality there. It's very much the male gaze.

When you're on the cusp of throwing in the towel, something will yo-yo you back in!

There was a lot of giggling on the Bridgerton' set.

I don't think you can ever really prepare yourself for something to hit like Bridgerton' did, because there's not many things that hit like that.

I was gonna be an actor and no one was stopping me.

When I first read the Bridgerton' script, it blew me away.

I would have hated living in 1813. It wouldn't have been my cup of tea at all.

What I love about Bridgerton' though is that the women in it do have their own agency within the context of the time. In fact, Daphne is actually quite a feminist character because she's in control of her destiny.

The costume designer Ellen Mirojnick is a genius.

I used to be a huge Spice Girls fan, so having Victoria Beckham tag me in a story was unbelievable.

I'm sure a lot of people go into this industry quite blind as to what it will be like. There's a lot of rejection, but I knew that. My parents have been super-supportive, they told me from the start, 'Just keep going.'

The Peak District is an insanely beautiful location to work in, the views are just wonderful.

I think that a costume can really help in embodying a character. So dressing up in something completely different to what you would usually wear is so new and refreshing.

With Daphne half the work was done for me once I was cinched into that corset. Immediately, because of the way the corset is fitted, your posture is held back, which means your head's up, and you are moving in a certain way.

In real life my mum was always a dungaree wearer, which probably rubbed off on me a lot. Work for her was the dressy time, not home, and I always thought that was kind of cool.

I always hear about people falling in love with their costars. It's yet to happen to me, but I'm intrigued.

There's always something that I really need to do for a role. And for Bridgerton,' it was, I need to make this person relatable and real, and modernize her.

I have been wearing a lot of track suits.

I've always said - I don't know why - that I didn't like horses and was scared of them.

I think Bridgerton' transports you into a different world. It's witty, vibrant, fun and sexy and yet its themes are relevant to the world we're living in today.

I think the problem today is that there is no social etiquette.

You see what it is for your mental health to be in the public eye.

The only thing I do for everything is read the script a billion times, back to front, every single bit.