I want to see craggy old faces on the telly. I find them infinitely more fascinating than pretty young ones. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
I used to worry about the lack of roles for women over 40. But suddenly, everyone has realised it’s interesting to have a drama with a woman at the centre of it. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
I panicked in my 20s and 30s about whether I was doing the right thing. I was an excited puppy, wanting to please people and feeling guilty that I’d had a privileged education and an acting career. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
When going out on a date, I think there are certain old-fashioned manners that I still enjoy. I don’t mean that as an anti-feminist comment. I just mean it as a pro-women comment. There must be a place for us to exist and our differences to exist without one taking away from the other. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
In my bones, I feel like a Scot. I always have. My mum’s from Doncaster, so whatever that is as a combination of Scotland and Yorkshire. It isn’t southern. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
The theatre always felt like home, and it does to this day. When I do screen acting, I miss telling a story from beginning to end, as you do nightly on stage. I love that relationship with the audience and how it changes each night. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
I’m not really Bond girl material, and that’s fine by me. I’m a grafter; I’m not a star. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
I was not one of those children hanging on Ma’s coat-tails following her round sets. I’d go to the theatre after school if she was working, but I didn’t even know what an agent was. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
