Danielle Macdonald

“Words are just words. They only bother you if you let them.”

“I've been lucky enough to play lots of real women - flawed, strong, independent women - and I love it.”

“I didn't know how to be cool. I didn't know how to have swag.”

“One of the cool things about 'Patti Cake$' is that it is about someone that is against stereotype.”

“When Sundance happened, it felt insane and not like reality at all.”

“Because I don't look like most lead actresses look, I was told that I shouldn't even come to America. That I shouldn't even try! I think that's ridiculous.”

“It would be really cool to have some more roles where it doesn't matter how a character looks. You get a script, you see it, and it doesn't matter: there's no description of how the character looks in any way shape or form; it's just, whoever is right for the role is the person.”

“You don't have to be scared of what other people are thinking. You don't need to feel judged by other people.”

“When you take on new roles that you don't feel comfortable with, that require you having skills you don't have, it's terrifying.”

“People are always going to tell you to lose weight, and they tell you how they feel about it. There are pressures always to be a certain weight, but you have to be who you are. And if you want to change, you have got to do it for you and not for what people want you to be.”

“It's okay to be you and okay to be who you are and okay to love and accept yourself.”

“When I was in Australia, I had three different agents in three different years, and I didn't have one audition. They were good agents; I just never had one audition that was the right stuff.”

“Growing up, you see movies, and the big person is always the butt of a joke or the funny best friend, or they lose weight, and that's when they become redeemable.”

“'Harry Potter' is the first book that ever got me into reading. I had to read it in year 7, for school, and then I kept reading all of them.”

“I like Macklemore.”

“It definitely took me a while to adjust to L.A. I came out knowing nobody, and I'd never lived away from home before.”

“I will never stop being excited about 'Harry Potter.'”

“I think we all go through those moments of self-doubt.”

“I've never actually played an Australian or worked in Australia. I really want to change that. I really want to work here - that would be great.”

“I would love to live in a world that is purely equal, where everyone has equal opportunities in every way. But that is not reality.”