41 Quotes by Melissa George

Sometimes I take a movie selfishly because it's a female lead.

I love being in London because it means I am breathing the same air as the Queen.

I think Australians do well here because we feel a bit naughty, like we’re in America and if they only knew how much fun we were having, we’d all get thrown out, you know.

From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I’d use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.

When you get the role, it’s ’cause you know exactly how to play it, and they know that the way you’re playing it is exactly what they want. I never go with a role and say that I need to change anything about it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t take it.

Anything dark and emotionally complex, I’ll do it. You’re acting, but when you take an acting role, you have to live it. You’re living the life of that person.

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It’s a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

If I wasn’t acting, I think I would like to do interior design. Yeah, because you know, with the Balinese background, and being there and buying furniture, stuff like that. I love to do-up our home, so I would be an interior decorator, for sure.

No matter what the character is, I just say to myself ‘If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I react?’ and once you do that you can just go for it, and hopefully the performance comes through.