Danielle Macdonald Quotes

Danielle Macdonald

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 19, 1991

I love Octavia Spencer. I love what she has to say as a human, and I love her career and the variety of characters she has played.

Danielle Macdonald

I want to play characters that people relate to, characters that make different kinds of women in society feel represented.

Danielle Macdonald

Actually, for me, it's really funny because I play characters with mommy issues more than anything, and I have a great relationship with my mom!

Danielle Macdonald

I'm very lucky with my family. They've always been very encouraging, and they never thought that anything would hold me back. I'm very fortunate to have had that.

Danielle Macdonald

I've seen a bunch of movies about pageants, and I know in general how they work.

Danielle Macdonald

It's okay to be you and okay to be who you are and okay to love and accept yourself.

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I'm a realist - yes, I know: darn, I'm unlikely to have a love scene with Chris Hemsworth anytime soon, if ever. But I also believe that persistence and hard work pays off.

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None of my family is in the industry. But I watched movies like an insane person when I was a child. I used to make my dad stop at the video store every time we drove past it, and you had to drive past the video store to get to our house.

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I think you have to try and fail a little bit, because you learn how badly you want it.

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It definitely took me a while to adjust to L.A. I came out knowing nobody, and I'd never lived away from home before.

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Not everybody gets to travel halfway around the world to see a whole different perspective. If we can see that on TV, we'll know that society is bigger than the small world we all live in.

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I think confidence comes with age and experience, honestly.

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There aren't plus-sized teens represented in film who aren't made the butt of a joke.

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You can drive your own self crazy. You don't have to be in a bad situation or be bullied every day to feel this way. I was constantly judging myself. That's really the thing that gets you.

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The big message is, you're the star in your own life. You don't have to change; you are who you are. Go and do what you want to do.

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How many people get to say they recorded a song with Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston?

Danielle Macdonald

One of the cool things about 'Patti Cake$' is that it is about someone that is against stereotype.

Danielle Macdonald

The most surprising thing - and the thing I really didn't think I would have an opportunity to do when I was younger - was I didn't realize the kind of roles I would be able to play. I thought it would be, like, two lines here, the joke.

Danielle Macdonald

I always like auditioning because it's like, 'Oh, my God, I have an audition - yay!' It means opportunity for work, which is great. But it's scary as well, because you put so much pressure on yourself.

Danielle Macdonald

The cool thing about being different in this industry is that you get different roles; you aren't pigeonholed the same way.

Danielle Macdonald