58 Quotes by Essie Davis

I have learnt a lot about theatre, and I would like to know the same about film.

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 often get mistaken for all different kinds of ages; some of them flattering, some of them not.

Goals are essentially private things.

I think the unemployment rate for actors is pretty much the same in Sydney, London and New York. In all three cities, there are more actors than there are jobs. But I do think that there are far more acting opportunities in London and New York than in Sydney, where there are approximately seven actors that you see over and over again in every play.

I always knew I wanted to go to NIDA. I think I was very fortunate, and I do doubt myself often, but I didn't see any possibility of me not going to NIDA. I believed in myself, and I believed that, if you really do want something, you get it.

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.

Acting is embarrassing.