LILY JAMES

I loved learning to fight and kill zombies.

I think Beyonce always looks great.

The greatest thing is that usually the auditions you think are bad are the ones you get.

I think everyone can feel like an outsider. I know I have. I've always felt like one.

God, I used to have really skinny-crap eyebrows. They were such an ugly disaster.

My mum thinks I'm amazing at everything. That unconditional love is just the most precious thing you can have.

I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game.

I don't have an exact moment when I decided I wanted to be an actress - it kind of was just really a part of my growing up.

In anything, I always give my all. I'm not a good loser.

As an actor, you get a bit itchy to do something entirely different.

I really have been lucky because I've always had a very healthy attitude to my body.

I think it's probably best to work out in the morning to get it out of the way. My ultimate top tip is to drag yourself, even if you have to roll yourself out of your bed and in to a sit-up - it's really not that bad once you start.

I played Nina in 'The Seagull,' and I remember thinking it's incredible to see all the actresses in the past that've played her. It's quite strengthening. You feel a part of the family of actresses going through and giving something of themselves to the role.

For exams, I swotted so hard because I couldn't bear the thought of not coming first.

Corsets are always hard to wear.

I find cardio hard.

When the board games came out of the cupboard when I was a kid, I had to beat my two brothers every time.

People talk a lot about, 'You're a Disney princess! You're Cinderella!' and this and that. But for me, it's all about the fact that I worked with Cate Blanchett and was directed by Kenneth Branagh. That's the 'Cinderella' story for me.

I think our sense as actors of what we've just done - whether or not it be in an audition - is usually really not connected to any truth. I'm always asking for more takes and more goes. I think I just need to shut up and listen.

It took me a while to warm to the '20s costumes on 'Downton.' I love it when women accentuate their curves, and that era was all about hiding them. The shapes they wore then were in tune with female empowerment. Cutting off their hair and hiding their busts was a way of saying, 'We're equal to men!'

To be honest, when I was growing up - I think it's because of Kate Winslet and 'Titanic' - I always wanted to do period.

For girls growing up, sometimes I think they get the wrong idea for what women should look like.

Ultimately, 'Cinderella' is the story of the underdog. You root for her in this fairytale; the girl who has nothing, deserves so much more, and gets it.

There are other things I want to focus on rather than staying in shape.

I love to start the morning with a mist spray, especially after a night out.