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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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" When you look at magazines, you feel so inadequate and so small and you feel really imperfect, when you're constantly seeing these images. "

Mia Wasikowska

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" I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people. "

" Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities. "

" I've never been happier to be born in this time than when I was wearing a corset. "

" 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. "

" It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set. "

" With dance, you learn to channel nerves into energy, excited energy. "

" I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with. "

" What I like about film is it explores imperfections. "

Mia Wasikowska

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" There comes a point in your life when you realize your parents aren't perfect. "

" 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. "

" Dance has such an intensity to it. You become, in a way, an intense person. "

" Someone once told me to believe 5 percent of what everybody tells you. "

" As a teenager I was very anxious. I had a lot of energy and passion that I wanted to channel into creative things, and I always felt like I wasn't achieving enough. "

" 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. "

" Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves. "

" I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again. "

" Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely. "

" I like to do projects that challenge me, and hopefully in turn challenge the audience, or open your eyes to something you're not aware of. "

" The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character. "

" The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things. "

" I want to keep doing roles that are challenging and different. "

" Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles. "

" I love Portland. I think it's one of the best cities - I obviously haven't been to very many places, but I had one of the best times I've had on a set there. "

" I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well. "

" I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles. "

" As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business. "

" I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character, or the time that they live in, or what they're experiencing. "

" Dance is such a stressful environment. "

" I like characters who remind me of someone I know. "