Top 35 Josh OConnor Quotes

Being in ‘The Crown‘ and being recognised in the street is weird for me.

I love theater and I really wanted to do more theater.

My dad‘s an English teacher and my mum‘s a midwife. Then my mum’s side of the family are all crazy creative.

You have to stop yourself midway through a scene and be like, ‘I’m acting with Olivia Colman!’

Ultimately, I want a career where I get to try as many things out as I can.

I grew up in a family that felt indifferent towards the royal family.

There’s this assumption that every British actor, they can ride horses. Definitely not!

But I loved ‘Clueless‘. I still think ‘Clueless’ is a great movie.

My problem is that I love talking to people. I remember working in a call centre in Dalston and I’d end up having these long chats with old women.

My parents probably were delighted when I chose acting, because if there is one job in the world that is less financially reliable than acting, it is art.

I’ve never farmed before. It’s unforgiving, it’s hard work, hard graft – but I loved it, and I loved everyone I met who guided me along the way.

I remember thinking this is everything that England means to me. The huge, flat landscapes with deep reds and greens. Daunting and terrifying and incredible. We should see it more on film, I think.

I’ve got two brothers. One’s older – the artist – and then my younger brother is an ecological economist – a farmer.

Richard II is my dream part.

I remember not wanting to play football because I didn’t want to get my hair wet.

I don’t think anyone is purely evil or purely brilliant, certainly for Prince Charles.

Well, we lived in Newbury first, until I was five. Then we went to Cheltenham, which is lovely, a really sweet town. We lived surrounded by hills. It was the best place to grow up.

I have so much respect for the Queen and for Charles, and what the family represents. And yet there’s still a conflict about whether we can abolish the class system while also having a Royal family.

Fame isn’t something I signed up for, it’s just a by-product of what I wanted to do.

When I left school, all I wanted was to buy a van.

The historical kings of England are all strong soldiers and leaders, but can you be a sensitive leader? It’s the same in politics, we talk about how proud we are to have had two women prime ministers, but would we be less ready for a sensitive prime minister?

All good art should be political, I think, and inevitably it all becomes political really, in one way or another.

We’re living at a time when people are questioning what it means to be male in modern society, and I’m finding it very helpful to explore it through these roles.

I have no memory of feeling strong and rugged at any point. I’ve been considering masculinity my whole life.

If Leonardo DiCaprio calls, I’ll hang out with him, sure.

Royals are always very clear about where they’re moving, because they’ve been told by protection officers exactly what they’re doing.

There is something about being in a remote town where anything other than green fields, trees and Saturday football club is very exciting and thrilling.

I knew a bit about ‘Emma’ through the book when I was younger, but actually more from ‘Clueless’.

The thing is, I was always a republican, but I have to say I’ve become completely obsessed with the Queen.

I think Jane Austen is like Shakespeare, in a slightly different way. I think people will continue to revisit these stories because they remain relevant, regardless of how you do them.

All of a sudden we were going on school trips, seeing these amazing plays by the likes of Samuel Beckett. My whole world went from ‘This is really fun‘ to ‘This is fascinating to me’.

I think I’m generally quite good at being able to put things in the past and let them go, as it were.

I mean, I knew of Jane Austen’s work, and I guess I’m a fan at a distance insofar as from a literary point of view, it’s beautifully written.

When I left drama school I was prepped to be in shows and tour around England by van.

I must say, I wouldn’t turn down a superhero role, although there do seem to be a lot of British actors out there doing that.