I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles.
- Mia Wasikowska
Been, Sophisticated, Roles, Honoured
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Think, I Think, Use, Embody
It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set.
- Mia Wasikowska
Amazing, How, How Much, Film Set
I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.
- Mia Wasikowska
Learn, Always, Set, Film Set
Once you're put out there in the public eye, people feel a certain ownership over you.
- Mia Wasikowska
Eye, Over, Public, Public Eye
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Love, Think, Very, Portland
Photography, for me, is something I can control fully. It's wholly my own expressions.
- Mia Wasikowska
Own, My Own, Wholly, Expressions
Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion.
- Mia Wasikowska
Emotion, Actor, Could, Suited
I like my anonymity - that when I meet people they don't know me.
- Mia Wasikowska
Me, Meet, Like, Anonymity
Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.
- Mia Wasikowska
Yourself, Doing, Part, Reminds
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Always, Essence, Images, Reminds
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Think, Role, Been, Episodes
With both acting and ballet, often you can't just choose when you do it, whereas a painter can go at his own pace.
- Mia Wasikowska
Own, Go, Pace, Whereas
I was a bit of a loner as a teenager. I never went to a single social event, because they terrified me.
- Mia Wasikowska
Single, Never, Social, Teenager
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Always, Like, Very, Teenager
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?'
- Mia Wasikowska
Think, Stereotypes, Role, Teenager
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Question, Been, Raised, Formed
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Character, Ball, Your, Sticky
I'd love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities.
- Mia Wasikowska
Love, College, Study, Humanities
Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down.
- Mia Wasikowska
Why, Always, About, Bogged
I don't consider myself a starlet or a Hollywood person.
- Mia Wasikowska
Myself, Person, Hollywood, Starlet
I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with.
- Mia Wasikowska
Pretty, Everybody, Worked, Great Experience
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Audience, Like, Projects, Open
Dance is such a stressful environment.
- Mia Wasikowska
Dance, Environment, Stressful
I rarely meet other young actors.
- Mia Wasikowska
Young, Meet, Other, Young Actors
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Always, Out, Last, Figuring
With a corset on, you can't breathe properly.
- Mia Wasikowska
You, Properly, Corset, Breathe
I've never been happier to be born in this time than when I was wearing a corset.
- Mia Wasikowska
Never, Been, Happier, Corset
Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.
- Mia Wasikowska
More, Get, Ways, Helps
I like characters who remind me of someone I know.
- Mia Wasikowska
Someone, Like, Characters, Remind
I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people.
- Mia Wasikowska
Kid, Used, Bit, Mimic
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
Small, Inadequate, Images, Imperfect
I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.
- Mia Wasikowska
Character, Doing, Like, Absorb
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Work, Away, One Thing, Successful People
Dance has such an intensity to it. You become, in a way, an intense person.
- Mia Wasikowska
Dance, Person, Intensity, Intense
Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities.
- Mia Wasikowska
Young, Dancers, Young Girls, Breeds
I love Europe.
- Mia Wasikowska
Love, I Love, Europe
As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.
- Mia Wasikowska
Wait, Actor, Cast, Relying
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.
- Mia Wasikowska
Cool, Young, Germany, Young Age
I would hope everyone would be a feminist.
- Mia Wasikowska
Hope, Everyone, Would, Feminist
I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really.
- Mia Wasikowska
Think, Important, I Think, Outlet
My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films.
- Mia Wasikowska
Films, European, Bits, Cinema
Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves.
- Mia Wasikowska
Waves, Sometimes, Very, Popularity
Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.
- Mia Wasikowska
Empathy, Lot, Characters, Troubled
What I like about film is it explores imperfections.
- Mia Wasikowska
Film, Like, About, Imperfections
I definitely have an appreciation for fashion.
- Mia Wasikowska
Fashion, Definitely, Appreciation
I want to keep doing roles that are challenging and different.
- Mia Wasikowska
Doing, Want, Keep, Challenging
With dance, you learn to channel nerves into energy, excited energy.
- Mia Wasikowska
Learn, Excited, Channel, Nerves
I like to think of myself as an observer.
- Mia Wasikowska
Myself, Think, Like, Observer
I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.
- Mia Wasikowska
Want, Restless, Always, Pace
Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely.
- Mia Wasikowska
Think, Independent, I Think, Lonely
Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why.
- Mia Wasikowska
Why, Often, Read, Moved
The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things.
- Mia Wasikowska
Enjoy, Like, Jobs, Performing
I was shy at school.
- Mia Wasikowska
School, Shy
Someone once told me to believe 5 percent of what everybody tells you.
- Mia Wasikowska
Someone, Everybody, Once, Tells
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