Quotes from Danielle Macdonald

The only thing is, I'm terrified of horror movies. I'm scared - I'm admitting it! I mean, I would still do a horror movie; I just probably wouldn't be able to watch it.

When you take on new roles that you don't feel comfortable with, that require you having skills you don't have, it's terrifying.

I would love to live in a world that is purely equal, where everyone has equal opportunities in every way. But that is not reality.

When you rap, you're using all of yourself.

I play a girl called Patti in the film 'Patti Cake$,' and she's a girl from New Jersey, and she dreams of being a famous rapper.

I've been lucky enough to play lots of real women - flawed, strong, independent women - and I love it.

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.

People say things unintentionally, not realizing that it could hurt someone's feelings because they've just never experienced what you have.

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

I think avocado toast is the best ever. It's my favorite.

I love tinted moisturiser. I feel like I'm wearing nothing when I'm wearing it, which is how I like to feel, but it still provides me with coverage - and it's got sunscreen in it, so I'm not worried about getting burnt.

I remember loving 'Hairspray.' I was obsessed with it, and I didn't realise why. I felt so connected to it at the time because there wasn't any other kind of representation. So when it happens, you think, 'wow, I really connect with this movie. Why is that? Maybe it's because there's a girl like me up there on the screen.'

It's just so hard growing up: you go through things, especially acting - I go to a different set every couple of months, and you meet an entirely new group of people that are around you 24/7. It's not an easy situation to go into when you're a shy person.

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.

Diversity is just 'the world.' It's different cultures, different backgrounds, different ethnicities, different religions, genders, sexual orientation, shapes, sizes. That is the world, but we call it 'diversity' because there is this one type that has always been accepted in the media, and it's finally starting to change.

My mom is Italian, and her whole family still lives in Italy. My dad is Australian, and his family lives in Australia, so we were raised there.

You don't have to be scared of what other people are thinking. You don't need to feel judged by other people.

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.

I had to work at it - audition and fail, get things and lose others. If you really want something, you keep going.

I think everyone kinda feels a little out place sometimes.

When I first watched '8 Mile,' it was amazing. It got me. I loved it.

My sister, myself, and my cousins would put on shows for our parents and charge them to come and watch, apparently. That's what I'm told. My parents said I knew how to milk it.

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!

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