Melissa George Quotes

#1. From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.

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#2. I just thought, 'I want to be an action hero.'

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#3. I think people who meet me just pretty much get what I am about.

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#4. I like to play different ranges. When you get really deeply involved in the emotional parts, I enjoy that just as much as the fun and laughter.

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#5. My background is Scottish.

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#6. Jennifer Garner and I are very close.

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#7. I'm very focused when I'm making a movie, but I'm also a fantastic multitasker.

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#8. Mum and dad thought I was going to say I was pregnant. I said oh no, no, I've just been nominated for a Golden Globe. They were like, oh that's lovely, love.

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#9. I've discovered the best skincare, MV Organic Skincare. I love their Energising 9-Oil Cleanser, Rose Hydrating Mist and Rose Soothing & Protective Moisturiser

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#10. I go to work, and think 'wow, they pay me for this', and I go home.

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#11. If I wasn't acting, I think I would like to do interior design. Yeah, because you know, with the Balinese background, and being there and buying furniture, stuff like that. I love to do-up our home, so I would be an interior decorator, for sure.

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#12. I think Australians do well here because we feel a bit naughty, like we're in America and if they only knew how much fun we were having, we'd all get thrown out, you know.

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#13. The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

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#14. Anything dark and emotionally complex, I'll do it. You're acting, but when you take an acting role, you have to live it. You're living the life of that person.

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#15. I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a year I got a grip on what acting was all about and it started coming straight from my heart; I wasn't just saying the words any longer.

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#16. In closing, I'm not going to try to warn you about the dangers of messing around with the paranormal. I know it won't do any good. Most people (And I speak of myself here too.) have to have that proverbial brick to hit them in the

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#17. You've got to pick your roles really carefully. It's a lot more fun to play a layered woman, than just someone where what you see is what you get, by far.

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#18. I love being in London because it means I am breathing the same air as the Queen.

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#19. I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype that worked.

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#20. When you get the role, it's 'cause you know exactly how to play it, and they know that the way you're playing it is exactly what they want. I never go with a role and say that I need to change anything about it. Otherwise, I wouldn't take it.

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#21. Sometimes I take a movie selfishly because it's a female lead.

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#22. I'd like to work with David Lynch again.

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#23. I don't know, I think people who meet me just get pretty much what I am.

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#24. No matter what the character is, I just say to myself 'If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I react?' and once you do that you can just go for it, and hopefully the performance comes through.

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