Jessica Brown Findlay Quotes

I don't agree with superstitious routines, but there are a couple of things I'll always do before performing. I'll get together with the band and chill out, and then, just before I go on stage, I'll always check my flies.

I used to believe that the number eight is unlucky for me and would even avoid anything that would add up to 8 - like 17, 26 and so on. I would religiously visit astrologers and wear different stones to bring in good luck.

Ninety-seven is my lucky number.

Yup, the toilet is my best friend before a show.

Four is actually my lucky number.

When you go onstage, the process of getting you from the dressing room to the stage is all about ego.

When I was 14 and went on the stage for the first time, it stimulated me so much that I was convinced that I didn't want to do anything else.

With 'The Leftovers,' I was actually super, super lucky. It was my first major audition. When I came out, the casting director was kissing me on the face, and I was like, 'Oh, that's probably a good sign.'

When I made my debut as an actor in 'Rock On!' I was confident to get in front of the camera.

I get superstitious. I always have to have some form of potato, either chips or mashed potato or roast potatoes on a show day.

Often people have to wake me up from a nap to tell me to go on stage.

You'd think that my acting in 'Lost Angels' would have been the reason why I gave up on it. But yeah, I'm just not that good at it. Auditioning is super weird, and I'm bad at it.

I'm not super superstitious, but if I listen to a song and then I do well, then that becomes my song for however long it works for.

I'll die on the stage, man.

I'm not a good actor.

I was fired from my first job in New York. I was just out of school, doing the Welsh play, 'The Corn Is Green,' at Equity Library Theater. I was studying with Uta Hagen, and I was really working well, but they got nervous. They wanted results right away. We had a run-through, and I wasn't there yet, so they fired me.

When I began acting, my biggest fear was whether the audience will appreciate the kind of films I do.

I'm very prescriptive about my routine. Almost nothing changes: I have the same meal - pasta with Bolognese sauce - between shows; the person who dresses me stands on the same side every time; I take the same route to the stage. I'm very OCD about these things, as most actors are.

I am a terrible actor.

When I first started acting, I was genuinely questioning whether or not I should be doing this.

Somehow, I don't see myself doing a lead role.

I find that I get nervous before I play. Even sound checks can give me anxiety and screw with my mind. But as long as I can play a little acoustic guitar backstage if I'm feeling nervous, so I don't have to walk in there cold turkey, I'll be fine.

The problem with being an actress is there's a lot of rejection.

I was shying away from acting for the longest time - because of having such big shoes to fill.

One of the reasons that I needed to become an actor was that I didn't have any self-confidence.