Quotes from Essie Davis

Trying to get over to the 'on camera' side of things has been hard work.

I used to buy things for every hotel room or every place I lived in to make it feel like home.

I personally don't resent having my children.

The news is so instantly available to us without delay, interpretation, or a filter. What is hot right now is streamed live without context or perspective.

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

I miss my friends in London, and I really miss New York. But I also miss the stability of staying in one place and being able to just open a drawer if you've run out of sticky tape and chuck a new roll in the holder.

I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I think I kind of set out to do that when I began my career - to aim to never play the same thing twice.

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

Most mothers think they are bad mothers. We all make terrible mistakes, often, and always think we're getting it wrong.

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

I never said I wanted to be a movie star.

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.

I want to have the great roles that move people profoundly. I want to have the choice and be given the opportunity to play those roles, and unfortunately, fame plays a huge part in that.

I don't know if I want to walk down the street and have everyone staring. I think that would be awful. I'm a pretty shy person, really.

I think every character rubs off on you a little bit.

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.

One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.

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

I'm incredibly ambitious, but I feel I've got a fantastic career, and I love the anonymity. I love that no one knows who I am.

Everyone has a point of view about corporal punishment.

Acting is embarrassing.

Goals are essentially private things.

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

I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially if you play a character for a long time.