58 Quotes by Essie Davis

I think you've got to understand your character and where they're coming from.

I think my morals are perfectly... tight!

I would love to get a job in France!

'The Slap' is not like anything else. It's an incredibly well-written novel that has been turned into a great and intriguing series that reveals both less and more about each character than you learn in the book. It's a novel that has been given a second chance to live.

I grew up with a love of words.

I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I think I kind of set out to do that when I began my career - to aim to never play the same thing twice.

I'm just a very fortunate actor who has not been typecast.

It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I reckon.

I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.