15 Quotes by Emily Perkins

Jesus Christ, it's like living with Stevie bloody Nicks,' I said, 'only without the cocaine, which would be more fun.

This is what we had become, after the first symbiotic year of our living together: a couple who needed another couple to be around.

That first pregnancy is a long sea journey to a country where you don't know the language, where land is in sight for such a long time that after a while it's just the horizon - and then one day birds wheel over that dark shape and it's suddenly close, and all you can do is hope like hell that you've had the right shots.

One of my favourite actresses is Kate Winslet. She plays strong female characters and seems like she has a strong political awareness. I really like Naomi Watts and Juliette Lewis.

I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton' and Mia Farrow.

I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders and Alice Munro.

I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have pretty good sense of comic timing, so I'd really like to try that.

My fans have been so great. I'll go on fansites and read messages they put, and they all seem like really nice people.

How life can change if you're lucky enough to be around for it.