Essie Davis Quotes

Essie Davis

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 7, 1970

People who don't know how old I am can cast me as the woman in 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' and can cast me as Stella in 'Streetcar Named Desire,' and they are miles apart.

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I want to carry a really great role in a great film.

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I have learnt a lot about theatre, and I would like to know the same about film.

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Awards and nominations really help sell films.

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There's something great about being on location with a bunch of people - there's a camaraderie and intimacy that builds up over time.

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There are some jobs that you go for because achieving them would take your career in a direction that you would like it to go, but mostly, I want to play the roles and have had the great good fortune and opportunities to play some fantastic roles and been very, very fortunate.

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It's nice being married to somebody who thinks you've got something better in you.

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I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'm an instinctive actress.

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I think the unemployment rate for actors is pretty much the same in Sydney, London and New York. In all three cities, there are more actors than there are jobs. But I do think that there are far more acting opportunities in London and New York than in Sydney, where there are approximately seven actors that you see over and over again in every play.

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Film directors don't come to the theatre in Sydney. In London and New York, they do.

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There are many books that I love dearly, and I've seen many televised or film recreations that I just haven't thought were up to scratch.

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I think you've got to understand your character and where they're coming from.

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Even if the Tonys aren't as glitzy as the Oscars, being a part of the ceremony is no less exciting.

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I'm just a very fortunate actor who has not been typecast.

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I think it's an actor's gift to be as old as people think you are.

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I often get mistaken for all different kinds of ages; some of them flattering, some of them not.

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I've really had a great career. It's been part fortune and part my own choices that steered my own career into playing the great roles that I've played on stage in Australia and at the National and West End in London and on Broadway.

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