I eat healthily, I do ballet and exercise, and I’m toned and tight, but I take up space, and I don’t aspire to anorexia. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
If you’ve got 15 actors on stage who are all trying to shine a light on themselves, they are all trying to outshine each other. Whereas if you have 14 of those actors trying to shine a light on one person, and each of them is trying to make the other look good, you have a much more interesting process. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
My mum was working in London, so I went to school there until I was 12. But every holiday would be in Scotland, and when I went to boarding school, I’d either be there or Scotland. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
Scotland was home to me from when I was 12 up until I was 22. I decided to drop my English bit, and when anyone asked where I came from, I always said Scotland. It really shaped the fibres of my being. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
If you get asked to play a part that makes you feel frightened, then you have to do it. ‘Medea’ is the opportunity of a lifetime. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
I always hate it when I hear actors talking about the process of what they do, so I’ll keep my thoughts to myself. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
I was a bit of a backstage baby, but I wasn’t at all precocious, and there was never a light bulb moment when I decided to go on the stage. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
There’s a bit of a Bertie Wooster about my father. He’s very easy-going, he never judges people, and we get on brilliantly. Rachael Stirling Read Quote
