“I think Jane Austen is like Shakespeare, in a slightly different way. ...” — Josh O'Connor Quote

“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.”

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

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

“My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes.”

“If I hadn't read all of Jane Austen and DH Lawrence, Tolstoy and Proust, as well as the more fun stuff, I wouldn't know how to break bad news, how to sympathise, how to be a friend or a lover, because I wouldn't have any idea what was going on in anybody else's mind.”

“I've always loved Jane Austen's writing.”