Quotes by Jessica Brown Findlay

About Jessica Brown Findlay:

Jessica Rose Brown-Findlay is an English actress, best known for playing Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV series Downton Abbey and Emelia Conan-Doyle in the British comedy-drama film Albatross. In 2014, she starred as Beverly Penn in the film adaptation of the Mark Helprin novel Winter's Tale. She will also co-star in Paul McGuigan's Frankenstein remake.
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I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I filmed 'Albatross' before I got 'Downton.' It's a coming-of-age movie about this girl who leaps into this family's life, like a whirlwind. She's ballsy and brash and wonderful, it was such an amazing character to play.

Jessica Brown Findlay

Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.

Jessica Brown Findlay

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

Jessica Brown Findlay

We filmed 'Labyrinth' in South Africa for two and a half months and it was just the most unbelievable experience. Lots of sword fighting, mud in hair and lots of weeping! It's very different from 'Downton' because I was going to work and having mud p...

Jessica Brown Findlay

Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.

Jessica Brown Findlay

My style icons would be people like Brigitte Bardot and old Hollywood actresses who always look so stunning, cool and chic. I like classic and timeless looks.

Jessica Brown Findlay

Girls in scripts are often pretty but brainless, or geeky and no one likes them, so it's great to find richer roles. Chalk and cheese aspects of people are very interesting to play.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I've been told I make a very good brew.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I trained as a ballet dancer and fell in love with Rudolf Nureyev; I thought him the most beautiful creature. My mum had to break it to me that not only was he gay, but he was dead.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I love when people become obsessed with 'Downton.'

Jessica Brown Findlay

I absolutely adore Alessandra Rich, I think her dresses are stunning and she really knows how to cut and dress the female shape. Her stuff is really beautiful, stylish and a little bit quirky. I love it all!

Jessica Brown Findlay

I trained as a ballet dancer till I was 18, so I would really like to get back to it. I'd love it if there was a part that meant I could do both acting and ballet, as they're both so close to my heart.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I'm hungry for a cold and mean character. I'd love it if someone thought I could play gritty. I want to play a baddie - someone really scary.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I don't know if I'm so righteous.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I don't mind giving everyone a shock - including myself.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.

Jessica Brown Findlay

I shout at the radio when someone starts talking over the end of a song. Shut up! I don't want to hear that the DJ has just found a mouldy sandwich in the corner of the studio. Nor do I like it when the magic of something you're watching is shattered...

Jessica Brown Findlay

I have endless playlists on my iPod so will throw on, say, Bruce Springsteen or The Smiths, depending on what kind of day I'm going to have.

Jessica Brown Findlay

Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and wonderful - those stories, they're just incredible.

Jessica Brown Findlay

Author Bio

  • NameJessica Brown Findlay
  • DescriptionEnglish actress
  • BornSeptember 14, 1989
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor