Quotes from Danielle Macdonald

Because I don't look like most lead actresses look, I was told that I shouldn't even come to America. That I shouldn't even try! I think that's ridiculous.

I think we all go through those moments of self-doubt.

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

I came out to America just before I turned 19, got my first audition, and booked it.

Words are just words. They only bother you if you let them.

When Sundance happened, it felt insane and not like reality at all.

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

Growing up, you see movies, and the big person is always the butt of a joke or the funny best friend, or they lose weight, and that's when they become redeemable.

I have a dog and a cat, and they are best friends.

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.

There aren't often plus size, very real normal women in film. It's never their story.

You just have to find the people that you love, and surround yourself with them.

I grew up in Sydney, Australia, and I started doing acting classes when I was in eighth grade.

I will never stop being excited about 'Harry Potter.'

'Harry Potter' is the first book that ever got me into reading. I had to read it in year 7, for school, and then I kept reading all of them.

People are always going to tell you to lose weight, and they tell you how they feel about it. There are pressures always to be a certain weight, but you have to be who you are. And if you want to change, you have got to do it for you and not for what people want you to be.

'Priscilla' was made in 1994, and I think it was kind of daring for its time.

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

I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.

I think, in Australia, it's kind of a crazy thing to say, 'I want to be an actor.' People look at you weirdly. And when I said I was moving to L.A., I remember people saying, 'No, you shouldn't. You'll just come back disappointed.'

I love Disney movies.

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

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

It would be really cool to have some more roles where it doesn't matter how a character looks. You get a script, you see it, and it doesn't matter: there's no description of how the character looks in any way shape or form; it's just, whoever is right for the role is the person.