I think working in the industry, I’d be pretty nervous to have a celebrity crush. I’d be pretty nervous if my boyfriend did as well because inevitably you’d end up working with them and then it would feel very suspicious.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI think working in the industry, I’d be pretty nervous to have a celebrity crush. I’d be pretty nervous if my boyfriend did as well because inevitably you’d end up working with them and then it would feel very suspicious.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI was always into performing and dancing as a kid and acting was a safe place to have all my feelings, which is good as a child.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI’m always listening to music to pump myself up.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI think there is something about L.A., fortunately: once you get one role people think, ‘Oh well, someone employed her, so maybe we can.’ I mean, that’s my idea of it, anyway. ‘She can put one foot in front of the other and say a line.’
BELLA HEATHCOTEI think for me, home needs to be a sanctuary. I need to feel like I’ve escaped the day when I get home.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI definitely don’t get recognized so I don’t have to deal with that.
BELLA HEATHCOTE[Christian from the Fifty Shades Darker] is definitely a good person. I mean, he’s flawed like all of us, you know? And I guess all of his wounds or his trauma, he acts out sexually. Which is pretty normal. People have different wounds, people act different things out.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI usually have a drink before a carpet because I find them really nerve-racking. Usually a tequila. An upper!
BELLA HEATHCOTEI think the thriller aspect of this film [Fifty Shades Darker] is what excited me most.
BELLA HEATHCOTEAll the photographers were trying to just get me off, which was hilarious. But it was very, very amusing.
BELLA HEATHCOTEMy style icon has always been my mom. I feel like she was always sophisticated and effortless and looked really well put together without trying too hard.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI have a bit of a lava lamp fetish. They are kind of hideous, but there is something so therapeutic about them.
BELLA HEATHCOTEActing is different all the time. When you’re on set, different films, or just even in between, it’s never the same. I think that’s one of the things I love about it.
BELLA HEATHCOTEAll my stuff is men’s fashion. It’s always oversized shirts, boyfriend blazers and trousers.
BELLA HEATHCOTEI first got into acting when I was about 12. I started doing speech and drama lessons. All my friends were doing it at the time and my dad encouraged it. He encouraged any extracurricular activity.
BELLA HEATHCOTEIn Australia, everyone gets a nickname and people started calling me “Izzy” and I hated it so I just adopted Bella.
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