Top 50 Phoebe Dynevor Quotes

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

Piano, I’m not so good at.

I have been wearing a lot of track suits.

Just working with Shondaland, I felt really safe as a woman, I think, particularly just knowing that I wasn’t going to be taken advantage of in any way.

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.

My sister is nine years younger than I am.

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

I heard, ‘Shondaland is doing Regency England with Netflix,’ and I was like, ‘I’m in!’

There are a lot of differences between me and Daphne but I think she values family, which I also value, and at a time when women had only one option, she was as determined to make that happen as I am in my career I guess, and I think that was sort of my way into Daphne.

I wasn’t working before Bridgerton’ for a long time.

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

To be honest, when I was younger, I went to schools that made me aware I wasn’t the brightest.

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

I think at 17, if I’d have seen a show that was really geared towards a woman’s sexuality and her finding that and not the male, and not the woman being sexualized, it would have been so interesting to see that growing up.

All I remember is being like, ‘Oh, that’s Shonda Rhimes,’ and getting a bit nervous.

I was doing drama and I wasn’t sporty or cool I think there’s definitely something about being an outsider and getting into the industry – maybe it’s because you have something to prove?

Stop focusing on the noise and the expectations of others, and focus on what makes you happy.

The special thing about Bridgerton’ that I think not a lot of shows really do is that every season centers around a different love story.

My mum always tells the story that, when she was pregnant with me, and I was two weeks late, she would watch Mary Poppins over and over again to try and get me to come out. That is my relationship with Julie Andrews.

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

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

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

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

I don’t think I’m a neck actor in otherthings. But in Bridgerton,’ particularly with the way the corset sits andthe attentionon the neck, it makes you hold yourshouldersacertain way.

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.’

I’ve always just wanted to work on interesting projects.

The advice I’d give to my younger self? Stay in your own lane, maybe.

You have to stand up super-straight in those corsets and pull your shoulders back.

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.

In real life my mum was always a dungaree wearer, which probably rubbed off on me a lot.

At 17, I was finally in a school play.

I’d say Bridgerton’ has definitely changed my life. But not only in the things that have come from the job, but also just the experience of it and meeting the most incredible people; just learning so much from working so hard for that period of time.

Apparently, sitcoms are like the dream job, I’ve been told. The hours are great, apparently.

The costume designer Ellen Mirojnick is a genius.

I think the context of the era was still really important for Daphne’s character arc, so I wanted to get all of that right.

I sometimes wish that 21st century women could wear skirts and dresses every day without looking overdressed.

I had been living in L.A. for about nine months, and I was kind of at that point where I was ready to go home, and sort of throw in the towel.

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

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

To me, the costume does half the job for you, or even more than half of the job.

Being able to do a role where you learn a new skill is just such a dream. I recently played a potter and got to learn pottery.

Every time I finish a job I seem to want to dress in totally the opposite way to the character.

I’m not a big reality TV person, although recently someone got me into 90 Day Fiance,’ which is pretty addictive.

My grandmother Shelley was an actress and would tell me about working in the theatre, while my grandpa on Dad‘s side, Gerard Dynevor, was a big influence in theatre and a TV director.

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 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.

We all have to contribute in any way we can to telling stories that include everyone; that’s our jobs, to speak out and make sure we’re representing people.

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

My mum grew up in Oldham and was going to work at a cigarette factory till she decided to go to drama school, so there’s part of me that wants to represent the Northern working-class background.