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" I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really. "
Mia Wasikowska
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" I want to just do my job and do it well. "
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" You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings. "
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" Dance is such a stressful environment. "
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" I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me. "
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" I like to think of myself as an observer. "
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" When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are. "
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" I love seeing my family. "
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" I got the first thing I auditioned for - a guest role on two episodes on 'All Saints,' and I don't think I had ever been that excited. "
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" The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things. "
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" I would hope everyone would be a feminist. "
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" Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part. "
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Accent
Doing
" It's really rare as a teenager to be offered a role that actually resembles what it's like to be a teenager, because there are so many stereotypes that might be attractive to watch, but make you think: 'Who is that? Who has that life at 16?' "
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" I like my anonymity - that when I meet people they don't know me. "
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" As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business. "
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" I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles. "
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" I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again. "
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Start
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" I'm a huge sucker for comfort. "
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Comfort
Huge
Sucker
" It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set. "
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" Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that. "
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Young
World
" Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves. "
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Popularity
Just
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" There comes a point in your life when you realize your parents aren't perfect. "
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Parents
Realize
Perfect
" What I like about film is it explores imperfections. "
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Imperfections
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" You have an awareness of your body and how to use it and I think that if you can embody a character physically it's another really useful tool. "
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You
Character
Think
" Someone once told me to believe 5 percent of what everybody tells you. "
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Believe
You
Someone
" I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing. "
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Like
Character
Doing
" With both acting and ballet, often you can't just choose when you do it, whereas a painter can go at his own pace. "
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" When you look at magazines, you feel so inadequate and so small and you feel really imperfect, when you're constantly seeing these images. "
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Seeing
" Once you're put out there in the public eye, people feel a certain ownership over you. "
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" All the time that I'm acting with an animated character, I'm looking at a tennis ball or sticky tape or an eyeline or a man in a green suit. There's no real environment, just this electric green that's blaring into your brain. "
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" With a corset on, you can't breathe properly. "
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Corset
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You