19 Claire Foy Quotes for You to Enjoy

Claire Foy

English Actress

Born: Apr 16, 1984

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With the royal family, you don't want to see them as people because it takes the sheen off. They're distant; you can idealize them. But there's room to have compassion for people and see them as human beings. Just because they're royalty, it doesn't mean they don't love or feel loss or feel pain. Claire Foy

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The coronation is a symbol of power, but it's not a symbol for us the people. It's a symbol for that person, who is a human, to become a higher being and become one with God. The church, the scepter, and the crown have been around forever. And the line of kings of England goes back thousands of years. Claire Foy

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I always like to do quite a lot of homework; I quite like to do the research. If I didn't do this, I think I would like to be a researcher. Claire Foy

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Growing up, I was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio. Claire Foy

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I think we should all have a private audience with Helen Mirren. Claire Foy

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The idea of your younger sibling being in pain and realizing you are the cause of that pain is unbearable. Claire Foy

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The Queen has stayed with me in the sense that she lets people come to her. She doesn't feel like she has to go out. I mean, she doesn't have to anyway because of her rank and her position, but she doesn't have to overdo it. Claire Foy

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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

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The monarchy is thousands of years old and has experienced many things like 'The Crown' in the past. They're always changing and evolving; that's the thing. They have to. Claire Foy

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I haven't really given much thought to the whole 'working mother' thing. Claire Foy

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As an actor, there's nothing worse than the sound of 'seven years'. I'm sure to some people it sounds amazing, but to us, it's, like, seven years of playing the same person. Claire Foy

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Celebrities choose fame. Royals have it thrust on them. Claire Foy

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I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to bring Peter Morgan's Princess Elizabeth to life; she is a gift of a role and a challenge I am so grateful for - a young woman trying to navigate a path through an extraordinary situation. Claire Foy

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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

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In the first two episodes, before she becomes Queen, I could be a lot freer with my emotions, but as the series goes on, she develops an armour in order to cope with her circumstances. She has to be a sphinx, which must be so hard. Imagine never being able to shout, 'Shut up,' or cry, even in front of your own family. Claire Foy

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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

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