Claire Foy - Growing up, I was obsessed with Leonardo...

Growing up, I was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Biography

Author Profession: Actress

Nationality: English

Born: April 16, 1984

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Julie Andrews, Elizabeth Taylor, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Millie Bobby Brown, Miranda Hart, Vivien Leigh, Emilia Clarke, Keira Knightley

Topics

DiCaprio, Growing, Growing Up, Leonardo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Obsessed, Up

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With the royal family, you don't want to see them as people because it takes the sheen off. They're distant; you can idealize them. But there's room to have compassion for people and see them as human beings. Just because they're royalty, it doesn't mean they don't love or feel loss or feel pain.

Love Family You People

The coronation is a symbol of power, but it's not a symbol for us the people. It's a symbol for that person, who is a human, to become a higher being and become one with God. The church, the scepter, and the crown have been around forever. And the line of kings of England goes back thousands of years.

God Power People Church

I think, whenever you're doing anything, you don't want anyone anywhere to watch it and think that what your character is doing is ridiculous. You don't want anyone to watch it and go, 'Oh my God, that's just fortuitous.'

God Character You Think

I always like to do quite a lot of homework; I quite like to do the research. If I didn't do this, I think I would like to be a researcher.

Research Think Homework Always

I've seen 'Pride and Prejudice' about 4,000 times. I'm not joking: I know every single line.

Pride Know Single Prejudice

I'm lucky I have a fast metabolism... my whole family does... everyone's got a lot of nervous energy so we burn it off.

Family Energy Burn Lucky

I am always so envious of people who do whatever they want.

I Am People Want Always

I wouldn't have been able to go to drama school when I was 19. I don't think I was even conscious of life... I was like a zombie. But when I finished uni' I just realised... just go and do it, stop being a knob.

Life School Think Stop

If I was working nine to five, acting would be my hobby... I always feel like maybe I should do an Open University degree. But I'm never going to.

Feel Never University Always

I've worked in supermarkets, put tags in baseball caps and provided security during Wimbledon, but I never thought acting would be something I'd be any good at, or make a living from.

Good Thought Never Security

I hate having to pose for photos. It's just so embarrassing. Everyone is expecting you to know what to do because you're an actor, but I haven't a clue.

You Hate Pose Know

I love home, any home really - my mum's, and of course my own. I love eating food there and chilling in bed with a cup of tea.

Love Food Home Tea

I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.

People Think Country Own

I thought she was just the Queen and he was Prince Philip, and that was just who they were, without thinking about them as a mother or a father or daughter.

Mother Father Daughter Queen

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