A biography for Essie Davishasn’t been written yet.
“Everyone has a point of view about corporal punishment.”
“I'm a fan of mindfulness, and if colouring in is a way of reaching mindfulness, then I think it's great. But I'm amazed that anyone has the time to do that. I certainly don't.”
“I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I think I kind of set out to do that when I began my career - to aim to never play the same thing twice.”
“I used to buy things for every hotel room or every place I lived in to make it feel like home.”
“I have children, and they demand my full and complete attention. They get that when I'm at home, even during the night, but it is really hard, and I do wonder how a lot of women do it without bawling their eyes out every day.”
“I have learnt a lot about theatre, and I would like to know the same about film.”
“Parenting is meant to be just a natural part of life. You just think you know how to do it but, of course, it's much more complicated than that.”
“Being a mother impacts every aspect of your life. It's a rite of passage which gives you an entirely different outlook on things.”
“I'm just a very fortunate actor who has not been typecast.”
“I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially if you play a character for a long time.”
“I've really had a great career. It's been part fortune and part my own choices that steered my own career into playing the great roles that I've played on stage in Australia and at the National and West End in London and on Broadway.”
“Most mothers think they are bad mothers. We all make terrible mistakes, often, and always think we're getting it wrong.”
“I want to have the great roles that move people profoundly. I want to have the choice and be given the opportunity to play those roles, and unfortunately, fame plays a huge part in that.”
“I think every character rubs off on you a little bit.”
“I wanted to be an actor, but only because I wanted to be everything, and that was the only way I could be a marine biologist as well.”
“Even though I love fashion and the red carpet dresses are a great, fun, glorious thing, I don't really have my finger on the pulse, as Phryne Fisher does, of the fashion industry.”
“I grew up with a love of words.”
“I think it's an actor's gift to be as old as people think you are.”
“I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.”
“I never spend more than a week away from the children.”