As an Englishwoman, you pick up a lot through osmosis. I’ve been watching the Queen all my life. But, yes, I did watch news footage and was able to pick a couple of little tics. For instance, she plays with her hands a lot and has a certain way of holding them on her lap when she’s in public. Claire Foy Read Quote
Philip’s story is the most interesting in the royal family – his background is the opposite of what you’d think. Everyone has this idea that Philip is this bumbling, deliberately posh sort of man who says the wrong thing. Claire Foy Read Quote
I think I need to play somebody who expresses themselves and is able to communicate on a more open level, something really different. Claire Foy Read Quote
I think, Queen Victoria’s diaries, I think you can get them if you go to the British Library. Claire Foy Read Quote
Any scene I’ve ever played where I’ve thought people who watch it had experienced something like that – for example, people who’ve had to deal with losing a parent – I want to do it as respectfully as possible for those people. Claire Foy Read Quote
I just think, in every acting choice that you make, you’ve got to go for the least obvious choice. Claire Foy Read Quote
If you’re doing something that’s period, you’ve got to live in it, and you’ve got to make it resonate with you. Claire Foy Read Quote
You’re more inclined to be cynical about your own country, and you romanticize it from the outside. And why not? It’s much more interesting than thinking, ‘Oh, everyone’s struggling and normal.’ Claire Foy Read Quote
