Jodie Whittaker has revealed that she was told to change her looks during the early days of her acting career before landing high-profile TV gigs. The 36-year-old Doctor Who actress recalled being told that she needed to fill a line on her forehead and that she should consider a lip wax. However the Broadchurch star added that she is now relieved that she wasn't easily influenced as a young girl and didn't make any alterations she may now regret. Harsh criticism: Jodie Whittaker has revealed that she was told to change her looks during the early days of her acting career before landing high-profile TV gig Discussing the frown line she was told to 'fix' by producers, during a chat on David Tennant's podcast, Jodie said: 'I wouldn't change it for the world and there are a lot of episodes where you're squinting and I think if I didn't have that frown line you wouldn't know it was sunny.' Jodie slammed any suggestions that she would get her line filled, adding: 'Would I heck! It's not even vanity and I'm too young. 'I also think it's an undeniable pressure on humanity at the moment to look your best a lot of the time and I'm lucky that my journey through the world of acting has been about screwing my face up and nagging my eyes out. Rude! The 36-year-old Doctor Who actress recalled being told that she needed to fill a line on her forehead and that she should consider a lip wax (pictured on the set of The Kid in 2009) 'It wasn't about being the ingenue; there wasn't that pressure to look a certain way. 'It has been asked though. There were certainly times when I was younger that in certain scenarios there were suggestions that "potentially you might want to think about certain stuff", and it fascinates me. 'I think I was doing a camera test for something and – I will say something, because I can't be a***d with the repercussions of what it was – and someone said (of her forehead line) "It is very deep".' Relieved: However the Broadchurch star added that she is now relieved that she wasn't easily influenced as a young girl and didn't make any alternations she may now regret (pictured in her current TV role as Doctor Who) She continued: 'I don't care, but I think 'Thank f*** I wasn't really impressionable. No, no I'm alright, thanks. 'I've never been asked to lose weight, maybe because I've always been a beanpole but I know that happens. 'I got asked to get my 'tache waxed and I didn't know I had one. It was translated to me in Hungarian, it was so funny. 'I said I would probably be allergic to the wax. I said "Sorry you will just have to colour it in".' Jodie slammed any suggestions that she would get her line filled, adding: 'Would I heck! It's not even vanity and I'm too young (pictured in Bounty in 2009) During the chat with David, Jodie also reminisced on being deterred from being an actress by somebody who was supposed to be advising her career choice at school. She said: 'My careers adviser at school, whoever that person was who I met for three hours, they said it was a ridiculous notion, in so much as it wasn't secure. Nine out of 10 don't make it. 'But I'm 15, shut up! I went home and my mum was furious.' Discouraged: During the chat with David, Jodie also reminisced on being deterred from being an actress by somebody who was supposed to be advising her career choice at school (pictured in play Enemies in May 2009) Along with encouraging her acting career, Jodie also encouraged her parents with bringing her up in a 'gender neutral household', despite it not being a topic of the time. She added: 'I was brought up totally gender neutral without it being a thing, I was brought up in quite a masculine house and without realising it. 'We credit women by complimenting them by telling them they are like boys which always fascinates me: 'ah I really like her, she's cool, she's a tomboy'. 'No, she's a girl, she's still a girl. I was very much in that terminology of 'you're a tomboy', but that was that I was good at sport and was perpetually lanky and I was physically able to do stuff.' Supportive: Along with encouraging her acting career, Jodie also encouraged her parents with bringing her up in a 'gender neutral household', despite it not being a topic of the time (pictured in October 2018)All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility