Emily Mortimer Quotes
In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off my awful roles and made fun of myself to friends, my work made me cringe - I dreaded anyone's seeing it. I was crushed that I wasn't doing anything I was proud of.
Mortimer, Emily. "What I Know for Sure." O, The Oprah Magazine, Hearst Communications, Mar. 2012, p. 56.
Reflecting on his too-long speech at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, nominating Michael Dukakis for President:
Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer is a British-American actress and screenwriter. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Lovely and Amazing. She is also known for playing the role of Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series The Newsroom, and as the voice actress of Sophie in the English-language version of Howl's Moving Castle (2004). Mortimer also stars in Scream 3 (2000), Match Point (2005), The Pink Panther (2006) and its 2009 sequel, Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Chaos Theory (2008), Harry Brown (2009), Shutter Island (2010), Hugo (2011), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), and Relic (2020).
