22 Quotes by Faye Marsay

We are a typical working class northern family, big into our football... no one in the family was into acting. But I remember seeing a panto when I was about six and thinking, 'Yeah... I wouldn't mind doing that.'

I'm from a salt-of-the-earth, working-class, northern background. My dad's a steelworker and a firefighter, and my mum is a secretary for the NHS.

I've been lucky enough to sort of go over different mediums, different vibes and genres.

Nothing is impossible on 'Game of Thrones.'

My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.

I think, with 'Pride,' I always knew that was something amazing because of the people who were in it and the story and the way it was written and who was directing. Anyone in that cast knew it was special.

I constantly think I'll be found out any second. Some of the crazy stuff that goes through your head. Once you've moved on from the scene, that's it: it's going in the telly and there's nowt you can do about it! It's really scary.

I feel passionately that the opportunities I have had should be available to everyone.

There were no theatre facilities at the comp that I went to, but I did have amazing teachers who never stopped encouraging me.