Now, if I speak to people who want to act, I say, 'Don't give yourself a back-up.' If I had gone to university, I wouldn't be doing this job now. Having that pressure and no other option just made me work that much harder for it, because you have no other choice.

Tuppence Middleton

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I don't think, as an actress, you want to be beautiful. It's actually a disadvantage because that's not where all the interesting parts lie.

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lie think you beautiful

I always really loved Russian literature, and I think Tolstoy's writing is full of a sense of melancholy and humanity, so it seems really modern.

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loved think humanity writing

I really like watching reruns of 'The Crystal Maze.' It's something that I find weirdly comforting. If I ever have even a small amount of banknotes, I love to 'Crystal Maze' them by throwing them in the air and catching them. But it's never as fun as it looks on TV.

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small never fun love

I don't want to be one of those young actors who is around for a couple of years and melts off the scene.

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who young want years

Tuppence was what my grandmother nicknamed my mother, so she gave it to me. My sister is called Angel, and my brother was going to be called Bubba or Sonny, until they let me and my sister name him Josh.

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me angel brother mother

I'd love to have a room full of taxidermy. I'd be devastated if my cat, Archimedes, ever died. I was debating the other day with a friend whether I should stuff him, but don't know whether he would end up looking like himself. I'd be really sad if he looked strange.

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looking day sad love

I liked to be in my own company, so when I came home from school, I'd just go up to my room and hang out by myself. I wouldn't really have friends over or go to see friends much.

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myself friends home school

As I got older, I auditioned for drama school and shocked myself by getting in.

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got myself drama school

Since Kate Middleton came around, some people think I'm related to her, but unfortunately, there's no connection.

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connection some-people think people

I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was younger; I enjoyed my own company and still do, so it was a source of escapism.

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I love film, but it's funny going to drama school for three years, where you spend most of your time training for theatre, then coming out and just doing films.

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you time love funny

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

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loud shy home school

You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.

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your good you want

I think I would've been a bit terrified to have gone and done a lead straight away. Obviously great if you do, but it's all about longevity.

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great think you done

Period dramas seem to take actors to the next level because they do so well in America.

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well because next america

I acted as a hobby when I was a child but wasn't initially very good at it.

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hobby very good child

I would love to work into my eighties. I don't want to be someone who only does a couple of big films and then is famous for just 15 minutes.

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someone want work love

It's sad that so many people feel they need to alter their image. I think there is something really beautiful about ageing naturally.

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feel sad beautiful people

My grandma used to call my mother 'Tuppence' as a term of affection, but she was worried when my parents actually put it on my birth certificate. She thought I might get bullied.

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parents thought affection mother

Everyone reads the same words in a book but has a very clear picture of their own.

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picture words own book