68 Quotes by Emily Browning

I love horror films, but it’s more than an adrenaline rush for me. I love them because I know they scare me. It’s kind of like I go on roller coasters, but I’m terrified of roller coasters, sort of thing.

For me it would be unhealthy to be a method actor; I’m not mentally stable enough for that – I need to separate my two worlds.

There are so many actors that I’ve worked with that I’d like to work with again and there are so many girls. So often when you’re up for a role, you’re the only girl, and people think that a positive thing: “You get to be the only girl here!” That’s not an exciting kind of idea to me.

I was lucky – the first eight productions I auditioned for, I got cast.

I’d rather make an interesting film that gets people talking, that maybe some people hate, than make the kind of ‘entertaining’ film that everyone feels ambivalent about.

A strange thing happens to me that I’m sure happens to a lot of actors when the camera starts rolling. I’m not ‘me’ any more.

I feel like in Australia, all the films I’ve done, we’re all equal moving parts in this equation of making the film – an actor is another crew member, essentially.

When you act, you really have to give all of yourself, and if you’re doing that purely for money, it’s not healthy.

After Hollywood, you know if people are interested in you or in the fact that you’ve been in a movie. You know who your real friends are.