62 Quotes by Abbie Cornish

I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

I've been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.

Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.

To be honest, I enjoy all different types of films and experiences.

I didn't actually know what a vegetarian was until I was 13 years old. I know in this day and age it's hard to believe that, but I think because I grew up on a farm, I wasn't indulged in magazines, newspapers, Internet, television. And so, for some reason, I was never exposed to what a vegetarian was.

Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I live in this suspended time.

There are so many different ways to develop a character - physically, mentally, spiritually and all of that - but the research was really beautiful. I love the process of finding characters because, in the beginning, it's really unknown, and then, by the end of it, all of a sudden, you're walking and talking like that character.