Essie Davis
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SHERMAN ALEXIE CHRIS MARTIN DANIEL DAY-LEWIS ADRIENNE BAILON Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm always confused. I al... CRISTIN MILIOTI I'm an absolute fan of Angela Bassett. I think she's a great, great actress. In the biopics,... ARNAUD DESPLECHIN Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Very rarely am I attracted to characters that are 'woe is me.' I'm not a big fan of wome... MILA KUNIS JACKIE ROBINSON SCOTT WOLF MIKE COLTER I don't think I'm an intentional liar, but I'm a little bit of an exaggerator sometimes.... AUTRE NE VEUT I don't think the music that I do is nostalgic in any way; I don't think about going back to... IMELDA MAY BILL GATES I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn... RAHA MOHARRAK KELLY CLARKSON I'm not so interested in technology for technology's sake. I don't need incredibly sophi... ANNABELLE SELLDORF I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don... EMMA ROBERTS I don't know if I'd do well in a structured, corporate environment. I'm very open. I sha... DANA BRUNETTI One of the defense mechanisms I have for the difficulties in the business, one of which is rejection... BRUCE MCGILL I'm not a big fan of CGI. I'm not a fan at all, unless they use it in a way that doesn't... BILLY CAMPBELL I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career orient... LANCE HENRIKSEN EVEL KNIEVEL I'm looking for laughs, you know? If it take me to flip over a table, if I have to go physical c... BERNIE MAC I don't know if I'm a daredevil, exactly, but I do enjoy a good challenge. It's the only... NATALIE DORMER I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX CINDY CRAWFORD I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectati... JULIANA HATFIELD I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it&#... CARLENE CARTER If anyone should be executed, it should be Charles Manson. Do I go around during the daytime, 'G... VINCENT BUGLIOSI ALAIN DUCASSE KID CUDI LEONARDO DICAPRIO I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big ... ADAM LEVINE 'What do you really think happens after you die?' That's the question that everyone, eve... ELLEN MUTH I don't think it should be a surprise for anyone to hear that I'm gay. ADAM LAMBERT JASON MRAZ AL FRANKEN JUDITH JAMISON I'm just a natural flirt, but I don't see it in a sexual way. A lot of the time I'm like... KYLIE MINOGUE PAUL PRUDHOMME GUY PEARCE I don't think I'm a singer, I think I'm an expressionist. But it takes time to put it in... BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON PARIS HILTON I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for i... MAE WHITMAN ANN BEATTIE I'm a huge fan of 'Community'; it's, I think, one of the most brilliant comedy on te... EMMA CAULFIELD PATTI SMITH I don't think 'my way or the highway' works, that mentality. And that's what the Tea... PATRICK MURPHY I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody&... ELLEN POMPEO CATE BLANCHETT DAVID O. RUSSELL JACK LOWDEN THURGOOD MARSHALL ICE T COLIN KAEPERNICK ALISON SWEENEY In a way, I'm kind of a bystander looking at this phenomenon that is ABBA, which is still around... BJORN ULVAEUS CHELSEA HANDLER J. J. WATT I'm a big believer in,'If anyone can understand my politics, I've failed.' If you ca... TAYLOR SHERIDAN BRAD GORESKI I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I ... SALLY PHILLIPS Knowing that I'm not a model and I'm never going to be has relieved me of the pressure of lo... CHARLIE DAY I love comedy, but it has to be hysterical and really amusing; I'm not really a big fan of roman... RACHEL HURD-WOOD HUGH JACKMAN Life is short, so I'm knowing exactly where I'm putting my time. I don't want to do thin... MIRA NAIR ELON MUSK ZOOEY DESCHANEL MATTHEW PERRY EVA MENDES NAOMI CAMPBELL SIA I just decided that I would not put my professional life on hold to raise children. I know that soun... EMMANUELLE BEART I think I've developed a sort of ADD for geography now. When I've been in a country for too ... ELIZABETH DEBICKI I was in 'Cliffhanger' years ago, so I'm a massive fan of the big event movies - the goo... CRAIG FAIRBRASS I'm a great fan of Bloomingdale's, and I'm a very loyal alumni of Parsons. I think what ... NARCISO RODRIGUEZ ELLEN DEGENERES I'm consistently recording and releasing stuff online or YouTube videos or whatever it is. I jus... DREW SEELEY I'm scared of horses, and I don't know how to shoot them, but that's what excites me. Af... ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU What do I bring to a film? I think, maybe, I know for a fact that I focus on connection of character... F. GARY GRAY OLLY MURS HALSEY Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a ... BOB UECKER GUY FIERI
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There's something great about being on location with a bunch of people - there's a camarader... ESSIE DAVIS 'The Custodian' was my first film, and there were so many lessons to learn in that week. It ... ESSIE DAVIS One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every ch... ESSIE DAVIS People who don't know how old I am can cast me as the woman in 'Girl with a Pearl Earring... ESSIE DAVIS Phryne Fisher could walk down the red carpet; Essie Davis is something else. ESSIE DAVIS Even though I love fashion and the red carpet dresses are a great, fun, glorious thing, I don't ... ESSIE DAVIS Film directors don't come to the theatre in Sydney. In London and New York, they do. ESSIE DAVIS 'The Slap' is not like anything else. It's an incredibly well-written novel that has bee... ESSIE DAVIS There are many books that I love dearly, and I've seen many televised or film recreations that I... ESSIE DAVIS I don't know if I want to walk down the street and have everyone staring. I think that would be ... ESSIE DAVIS I've really had a great career. It's been part fortune and part my own choices that steered ... ESSIE DAVIS I think every character rubs off on you a little bit. ESSIE DAVIS I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I th... ESSIE DAVIS I was terrified of being a mum because I didn't think I'd ever be grown up enough. ESSIE DAVIS Acting is embarrassing. ESSIE DAVIS It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I ... ESSIE DAVIS Trying to get over to the 'on camera' side of things has been hard work. ESSIE DAVIS I feel lucky that I've managed to get the roles I've wanted. ESSIE DAVIS Getting fan mail from Brazil is kind of funny. ESSIE DAVIS I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'... ESSIE DAVIS I always knew I wanted to go to NIDA. I think I was very fortunate, and I do doubt myself often, but... ESSIE DAVIS Parenting is meant to be just a natural part of life. You just think you know how to do it but, of c... ESSIE DAVIS I used to buy things for every hotel room or every place I lived in to make it feel like home. ESSIE DAVIS I have children, and they demand my full and complete attention. They get that when I'm at home,... ESSIE DAVIS As soon as you become a parent, everyone gives you their parenting advice. It's like an onslaugh... ESSIE DAVIS It's such a magnificent thing to be able to love someone and expect nothing from them. ESSIE DAVIS Everyone has a point of view about corporal punishment. ESSIE DAVIS I think my morals are perfectly... tight! ESSIE DAVIS Why are you trying to kill us? ESSIE DEBONET I think it's wonderful. The Senate showed their concerns for people. ESSIE DEBONET We're hoping that the House shows the same caring and consideration and compassion that the Senate j... ESSIE DEBONET For some reason, post players think they can beat me and maybe get overconfident. I am squirmy. I ca... ESSIE BAIRD That was my personality coming out on the floor. That is who I am. ESSIE BAIRD The leap in time is huge for me. I know that this is my last competitive sport and I want it to take... ESSIE BAIRD I love Thanksgiving. In Canada, we don't really have a lot of history with Thanksgiving, and it&... MACKENZIE DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS JIM DAVIS I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, an... WENDY DAVIS ERIC DAVIS EVAN DAVIS We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wante... ANTHONY DAVIS PATTI DAVIS I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased an... DONALD DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS TAMRA DAVIS Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness. JIMMIE DAVIS WADE DAVIS WADE DAVIS WADE DAVIS WADE DAVIS WADE DAVIS I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't. WENDY DAVIS Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo... WENDY DAVIS Let's make sure that we don't close down 37 of the 42 clinics in Texas and leave women with ... WENDY DAVIS While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few faci... WENDY DAVIS I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or fo... WENDY DAVIS Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there. WENDY DAVIS We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you... WENDY DAVIS I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV. WENDY DAVIS Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's e... WENDY DAVIS When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get t... WENDY DAVIS As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I've been targeted by the GO... WENDY DAVIS When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from... WENDY DAVIS We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels... WENDY DAVIS I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say... WENDY DAVIS I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epi... WENDY DAVIS I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, eve... WENDY DAVIS I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard w... WENDY DAVIS I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate ... WENDY DAVIS Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system. 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It's all kept secret. The neighbors spend the night in ea... PAIGE DAVIS College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back. OSSIE DAVIS Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, i... OSSIE DAVIS I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness. OSSIE DAVIS CLIVE DAVIS It was really unusual to go from being in university for four years to all of a sudden acting every ... MACKENZIE DAVIS Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such ... MACKENZIE DAVIS If I had criteria, it would just be that I want to play active people who can solve problems, not pe... MACKENZIE DAVIS As a viewer, I'm personally less interested in the damaged, white, middle-class male figuring ou... MACKENZIE DAVIS I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon. MACKENZIE DAVIS I modeled for a little while in college. I was desperate to travel, and I got scouted, and they want... MACKENZIE DAVIS I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and stro... MACKENZIE DAVIS I think - more than anything, I think I'd really like to start producing and be in charge of the... MACKENZIE DAVIS I loved the DOS games, Super Nintendo. And I have a very addictive personality, so I recognize now t... MACKENZIE DAVIS I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an elem... MACKENZIE DAVIS I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature... MACKENZIE DAVIS I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thi... MACKENZIE DAVIS Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say... MACKENZIE DAVIS I'm always surprised when actors say they don't like sex scenes. It's like a freebie. It... MACKENZIE DAVIS I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what ... MACKENZIE DAVIS I've been really lucky that I've been exposed to a lot of lovely, talented people who are no... MACKENZIE DAVIS How you choose to present yourself to the world shows what's meaningful to you - and what you wa... MACKENZIE DAVIS I'm really aware of the conversations that surround young actresses in Hollywood. I always get m... MACKENZIE DAVIS I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride'... MACKENZIE DAVIS I don't just act to pay my rent. I really like doing it, so I get frustrated when I don't ge... MACKENZIE DAVIS I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking ev... MACKENZIE DAVIS I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it. MACKENZIE DAVIS I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on an... MACKENZIE DAVIS I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably qui... MACKENZIE DAVIS I was imagining a long life of being a stone cold loser. Then I got a job, which was really nice, th... MACKENZIE DAVIS Don't Cry Daddy is a pretty sad song. He got to the end of it and it was just real quiet and Elv... MAC DAVIS Elvis was just like a big old kid. It was like he never got past 19, I don't think, in a lotta w... MAC DAVIS First time I saw Elvis was at the Lubbock County fairgrounds in Lubbock, Texas. He was on the back e... MAC DAVIS I didn't have a lot of communication with Elvis. You had to go through a barricade to get to Elv... MAC DAVIS I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it. MAC DAVIS I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to... MAC DAVIS I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood. MAC DAVIS I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people&#... MAC DAVIS I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the ki... MAC DAVIS I was out on the golf course, a guy came riding out in a golf cart and said, Did you know that Elvis... MAC DAVIS It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record. MAC DAVIS There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather out... MAC DAVIS In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years. MAC DAVIS One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written. MAC DAVIS I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis wa... MAC DAVIS Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you th... MAC DAVIS If it was just me and Elvis one on one, which only happened once or twice in the times that I did se... MAC DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS BETTE DAVIS
I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it&... 
I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in ... 
If I talk to a girl, it's assumed that I'm having a scene with her. If I don't, then it&... 
I'm quite happy being myself. I'm a big fan of Jessica Lange and Jeanne Moreau, but I don... 
It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh... 
I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention. 
I don't think my competition is with the heroes. I don't think I'm competing with anyone... 
I'm not a great dancer. I'm a great advertisement for freedom of expression. I don't car... 
I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I do... 
I think I'm a pretty open book. We're all a work in progress, and I'm not ashamed to say... 
It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, t... 
Idolizing is a strong word, though. I'm happy that people respond well to the work I'm doing... 
I'm embarrassed to say that I don't have a lot of hobbies. It's not because I don't ... 
Bitcoin is mostly about anonymous transactions, and I don't think over time that's a good wa... 
I'm actually not a big fan of the word hope. I think it's a depressing word. I don't wan... 
I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I'm not a jack of al... 
I'm not a fan of fillers at all. If you've gone 35 or 40 years without big lips, I don't... 
If I'm a great artisan of the kitchen, it's because I don't buy my sauces. 
I'm not that big a fan of sampling. But I feel like if I'm going to do it, I'm going to ... 
Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm... 
I'm actually no longer a strict vegan. I don't hang out in the cheese section - I don't ... 
I don't think I'm an angry person. I think I'm a person who's angry. I'm angry a... 
I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not... 
I'm just here and I'm doin' the best I can. If you don't understand that, then what ... 
I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of moment... 
I don't think there's ever been anyone like me that's lasted. And I'm going to keep ... 
I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak. 
Well, I'm not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I'm performing, that's wha... 
I'm not particularly needy, and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a directo... 
I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, &... 
I'm not running about playing romantic leads. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thi... 
'Black' is an adjective, in my book, and the way I use it, sometimes I'll say 'black... 
If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm h... 
This stand wasn't because I feel like I'm being put down in any kind of way. This is because... 
I do a lot of cardio. I think it's super important, especially for women. I don't have a tre... 
I don't think I'm a good host. I'm not a good host. I'm terrible at hosting. That... 
I'll fight a bear, but I don't like spiders. I'm not a fan of those. 
I'm Canadian, so I'm a big fan of the Canadian tuxedo - that's what we call it. I wear i... 
I'm a big goofball, you know. Don't tell anyone that, but I'm a big goofball. In Austral... 
I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing ... 
I'm into sincerity in music and sincerity in art. If it doesn't feel true, I don't want ... 
Women always think that I'm Chandler, so if I don't joke around for half an hour, they think... 
I've been with the same person for a very long time but I'm just non-conventional in that wa... 
Am I bossy? Absolutely. I don't like to lose, and if I'm told 'no,' then I find anot... 
I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don'... 
I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just ... 
It has been hard for me in a sense because from an industry point of view - I don't care if I... 
If I am who I am, I'm provocative, candid, and androgynous; there's nothing I can do that wi... 
I'm a big greens fan. I'm a big vegetable fan. I'm a big whole grains fan. And I exercis... 
I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of be... 
I stop short of being a workaholic. 
I can go everywhere and no one recognises me. 
I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the ... 
Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame o... 
That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched. 
Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making... 
A mom can't afford to be sick. 
It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood. 
On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture. 
Change is no threat to culture. 
You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't... 
My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, ve... 
But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director'... 
Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings. 
I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's a... 
What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. 
It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd ra... 
The story of Rod Stewart, the story of Carlos Santana is so inspiring to young musicians because it ... 
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. 
In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star. 
I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box. 