Top 45 Phoebe Dynevor Quotes

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 remember having my first fitting and being like, ‘Oh, my God,’ because they literally built a factory just for Bridgerton’ costumes.

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.

Actors just seemed like really fascinating people.

I’d love to do a play eventually, if theaters ever open again.

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

I’m obsessed with every single album from Jhene Aiko.

What makes me happiest? Either being around people that I love, or working on something that I love.

It’s nice, in a weird way, to be with my family.

Piano, I’m not so good at.

There’s not many TV series that do that, that focus on different characters every season.

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

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 was so nervous about dancing because I’ve always thought of myself as a terrible dancer.

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

I had a really strange period in my early 20s with the industry, and not succeeding the way I wanted to, and I put a lot of pressure on myself.

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

My mum and dad taught me to respect everyone and to be kind.

So many times I’ve seen that done where it’s the man laying back in bed, with his chubby belly, and the woman is absolutely gorgeous in every way, and you see all of her beautiful backside. To flip that on its head was so interesting to me.

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

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

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

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

I’ve always loved fashion, though I’m not good with brands.

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.

I meditate, I have a therapist, I walk every day.

I have a fear of failure, letting someone down, contradicting myself.

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.’

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

I was lucky because I only had a half-corset, so it wasn’t bad. You do get used to them, but I was very relieved to take it off at the end of the day.

Daphne is the eldest of the Bridgerton daughters, so she is the first to make her debut on the marriage mart and she’s waited her whole life for this moment. When we meet her, she conforms to the social pressures placed on young women at the time but as she evolves, she very much finds her voice.

I think the problem today is that there is no social etiquette.

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

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 did love the glamour of going out and had a couple of years when there was a lot of make-up and false eyelashes.

We did have a beautiful cottage in the Lake District which we spent lots of time in when I was younger.

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.

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.

At 17, I was finally in a school play.

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.

I love a good period drama.

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

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

There was a lot of giggling on the Bridgerton’ set.

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