Emily Mortimer Quotes

I have played so many romantic roles that I don't know if I am really a romantic in real life. I get confused about the real me.

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.

People come up to me and say, 'You are such a great bad guy.' The fact is that the antagonist in a movie is usually the most fun to play. You can stretch the role and do so much with it.

I played a real nasty little girl but most of the roles I had up until then were very sweet and very nice.

I think I've been good at getting into lonely and troubled characters because, not to brag, but I'm the complete opposite in real life.

People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.

We play many emotions in our careers, emotions that in real life we would perform just once. For example, my character has died in about 10 films, so you have to keep searching for different ways to do it!

I'm so different to the roles I play, and perhaps that's why they are appealing to me as an actor. But I would never want to inhabit my characters' shoes in real life.

In movies like 'Cape Fear,' I never played verbal characters. Now, as a grown-up, I relish playing people that are not like myself. That's what I enjoy about acting.

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your character.

Chiron is so distant from the person I am; it's important for me to distance myself from that so people can understand that was the character. Hopefully, I'll find another opportunity that allows me to stretch like that again.

In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

You've got to be happy when you play a sad character; otherwise, you just get depressed. Make your real life as fun as possible.

It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

I was worried for a while that it was some sort of reflection of me that all I seemed to be getting were these characters that were a tad bit loony. But I love it. Those are the most fun characters to play!

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.

I think the buzz of acting is playing people different to you, and for me, that means traversing all genres.

As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.

I think I'm a part of all the characters I play, definitely at different times in my life. In real life, I'm kind of a tomboy. I like to read a lot I like watching T.V. I don't think I'm as interesting as my characters, but I like doing what I do.

You know, I have some issues. But I just love to play different characters all the time, and I try not to repeat myself too much.

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

It's been a lot of fun getting to work with Tracy Middendorf, who plays my mom. As an actor, it's always fun to have different parents and to create different familial dynamics than you have in your real life.

I've played a prostitute now three times. I don't know how it's come about that way. It's just a matter of me growing up.