My mom and my dad never pushed me into performing. They never prohibited me from trying anything, or being anything. They never restricted me in any way. For which I’ll be forever grateful.
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See I’m not a monster, I’m just ahead of the curve.
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Never give up on what makes you smile
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I’m in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood.
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But the paparazzi are quite malicious and vocal and really rude, … And they camped outside of my house, so I started throwing eggs at them, lobbing them at rocks next to them.
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There’s nothing like working with your mates – it’s the way it should be, as far as I’m concerned.
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If you are just safe about the choices you make, you don’t grow.
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I think your personal evolution runs hand in hand with your professional evolution. Performance and the person you are kind of grow simultaneously.
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People generally express more in between their sentences when they’re not speaking. Words are usually there to disguise who someone is or what they’re feeling.
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Don’t let anyone ever make you feel you don’t deserve what you want.
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Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair.
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I apologize for my terrible interview skills.
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I’m just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.
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I am not a public speaker and never will be.
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It’s rare that there’s a role that requires an Australian accent.
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I have a lot of great distractions outside of acting.
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I’m not good at future planning. I don’t plan at all. I don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. I don’t have a day planner and I don’t have a diary. I completely live in the now, not in the past, not in the future.
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I only do this because I’m having fun. The day I stop having fun, I’ll just walk away.
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You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.
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If you spend all day on horseback, and you hop off, you walk around like you still have a horse between your legs. And it affects your shoulders. They fall.
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In order not to hold a frame with someone, you have to be intimidated by them.
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I never want to feel like I’ve achieved my goal. It’s like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it’s a good season. They feel like they’ll be punished.
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The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they’re dancing and singing. As long as you’re having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they’re gonna feel that.
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I feel like I’m wasting time if I repeat myself.
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May I ask your name, my lady? Or perhaps angels have no names, only beautiful faces.
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My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into.
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I’ve never had high expectations of my work and I certainly am not going to let that plague my thoughts. I’m just going to continue to choose what feels right for me at the time and go with it.
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