"51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!"
-Emily Mortimer
sadView Quote
"I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.“
-Emily Mortimer
posted in cool
Other Quotes
Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection
"I'm just happy to be a film where for once I don't have to worry about my hair, because my managers are always complaining about my hair looking depressing in my movies. Which is true. I mean, it's true."
-Emily Mortimer
moviesView Quote
"I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at."
-Emily Mortimer
learningView Quote
"I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it."
-Emily Mortimer
homeView Quote
"So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I haven't realised."
-Emily Mortimer
funnyView Quote
"It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience."
-Emily Mortimer
experienceView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"I never had a cool older brother or sister to turn me on to cool music. I had to discover it for myself."
-Tony Kanal
coolView Quote
"Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You can plan it out more, which I like. But with television you get a new script every week, so it's constantly a mystery as to what you're going to be doing."
-Austin Butler
coolView Quote
"I'm in a comic book now. That was cool. That's something that I'm still sorta reeling about, 'cause I read comics as a kid. Someone drew me, and actually did a pretty good job!"
-Rutina Wesley
coolView Quote
"I thought that 'Twilight' would be a kind of girl movie, but it was cool."
-Kodi Smit-McPhee
coolView Quote
"Definitely River Phoenix is somebody that I thought, 'This guy is very cool.' I wanted to be like him when I was a kid."
-Jim Sturgess
coolView Quote
"Internet mailing lists are like Fox television shows. They have really cool previews, and they get you all excited about them, but they just don't live up to their promises."
-John Dobbin
coolView Quote