Essie Davis

“I personally don't resent having my children.”

“I think my morals are perfectly... tight!”

“'The Slap' is not like anything else. It's an incredibly well-written novel that has been turned into a great and intriguing series that reveals both less and more about each character than you learn in the book. It's a novel that has been given a second chance to live.”

“I feel lucky that I've managed to get the roles I've wanted.”

“Awards and nominations really help sell films.”

“Sometimes it's easy to do brave things in front of a thousand people, but it's hard to do them in front of a handful. It feels so much more exposing.”

“It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I reckon.”

“Trying to get over to the 'on camera' side of things has been hard work.”

“I want to carry a really great role in a great film.”

“Getting fan mail from Brazil is kind of funny.”

“Phryne Fisher could walk down the red carpet; Essie Davis is something else.”

“As soon as you become a parent, everyone gives you their parenting advice. It's like an onslaught of information about how other people do it.”

“I often get mistaken for all different kinds of ages; some of them flattering, some of them not.”

“Film directors don't come to the theatre in Sydney. In London and New York, they do.”

“I would love to get a job in France!”

“There are many books that I love dearly, and I've seen many televised or film recreations that I just haven't thought were up to scratch.”

“One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.”

“The news is so instantly available to us without delay, interpretation, or a filter. What is hot right now is streamed live without context or perspective.”

“It's nice being married to somebody who thinks you've got something better in you.”

“I never said I wanted to be a movie star.”