Mia Wasikowska

“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.”

“I'd love to go off to college to study photography, art history, humanities.”

“Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.”

“I like characters who remind me of someone I know.”

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

“I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.”

“I want to just do my job and do it well.”

“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.”

“With a corset on, you can't breathe properly.”

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

“I like to think of myself as an observer.”

“I love seeing my family.”

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

“Acting really suited me because I could connect as an actor to emotion.”

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