Rose Leslie
Going into auditions, there is a wonderful butterfly feeling in your stomach - an equal balance of being utterly terrified and exhilarated that this is your chance.Collection: Chance
It is so inspirational, to see that in the world of Westeros, men are answering to women, and they are a force to be reckoned with. It's empowering, and it's inspirational as well, because you're just like, 'This is great!'Collection: Inspirational
First and foremost, Scotland is my home, and I do consider myself Scottish, but I also feel very British, and I hope that Scotland stays within the Union. I have a real concern about independence.Collection: Independence
It's never fun to be scared [about stage fright] but I think that it is important and it's healthy to always push yourself.Collection: Fun
Working on camera is a different ballgame in the sense that it's far more intimate work, but the basics and the foundations of being able to create something that isn't necessarily your own instincts - is a character that you have inside your head - whether you're talking about television or film or theater, that still has to be the grounding work.Collection: Character
I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel that especially within Game of Thrones, I think that as a show, it is one of the frontrunners for showing dominant female characters and making sure that men answer to women rather than the other way around.Collection: Strong
You always try to play it off cool, but even if I think I have a certain laidback body language when I'm meeting someone who I greatly admire, I still have this horrible tendency to go bright red.Collection: Thinking
I think booze is a good ritual. I think knocking back a shot of whiskey does calm the nerves and helps a lot.Collection: Thinking
The honeymoon phase always ends, for everyone.Collection: Phases
There's a lovely freedom of will when you approach a character that no one has really come across before, because it is your own interpretation.Collection: Character
I now LOVE archery, I find it a very therapeutic sport. I would be taken away for a couple of hours before we started filming to get back into the rhythm so that it was a fluid movement of picking up the bow and then the arrows and just being able to make it look as authentic as possible.Collection: Sports
I have an older brother and an older sister - and they had the time of their lives at university. They were at Newcastle and Edinburgh. Looking up to them the whole time, I wanted to go to university and live the life they were living, having a blast, and I didn't get in. I didn't get into any of the universities I wanted to go to.Collection: Brother
Unfortunately I don't have my grandparents, but Mum and I are working quite well together. That's candid, that's frank. Your grandmother is never going to lie to you.Collection: Lying
Graduating at the age of 21 was a wonderful age to hopefully start a career.Collection: Careers
I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.Collection: Character
With big productions, you can sometimes get lost with the terminology and all the different departments.Collection: Different
I had the most fantastic time filming 'Downton.'Collection: Fantastic