Quotes from Mia Wasikowska

I was probably a bit of a mimic when I was a kid, and I used to imitate people.

I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.

I've been honoured to portray such intelligent and sophisticated roles.

Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why.

Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that's a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women.

I like to think of myself as an observer.

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.

I think it's really important for actors to have another creative outlet, or for anyone, really.

It's always nice to work with someone you have a history with. It just makes it easier to click back into that dynamic and have a lot of fun.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.

I like my anonymity - that when I meet people they don't know me.

I definitely have an appreciation for fashion.

Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

I would hope everyone would be a feminist.

I love seeing my family.

Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that.

Feminism is just about equality, really, and there's so much stuff attached to the word, when it's actually so simple. I don't know why it's always so bogged down.

My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films.

It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set.

I've had a great experience with pretty much everybody I've worked with.

You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings.