Rose Byrne Quotes

I used to go to rave parties, too, but I was never savvy with techno.

I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

You see someone on the street wearing an outfit and then it's on the cover of a magazine. I love. But, you know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy.

Anything can happen. Anything happens all the time.

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach.

I'm generally a people-pleaser so I get high anxiety from any sort of confrontation.

I was very, very shy when I was little. Acting lets you access all those different parts of yourself to make the character authentic.

I've already started saying that I'm 30 when I'm still 29. That way, I'm already there.

TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs to be pushed and have someone on my case a little bit, so I suffer from that.

My parents were so relaxed by the time I was growing up that I got away with a lot more.

The physical environment of L.A. is really beautiful. It's actually kinda fun, too, if you're working. It's just not really fun if you're not working and you don't know anybody.

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself.

There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.

The British are so funny.

Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.

TV is a completely different discipline, which I think I am still learning about. You just have to learn how to work fast and pace yourself.

As you get older, you just lose that confidence and narcissism you have in your twenties. You realize you have less time on the planet, and you become cynical and less confident.

I see some of the clothes from the '90s is back in fashion. That really freaks me out because that's when I grew up.

I think diversity for most actors is such a blessing. It's something definitely I've strived for.

Australians, we've got a very healthy sense of humor in us. God forbid we take ourselves too seriously so it's kind of a cultural trait.

With a comedy, it's so important to see it with an audience and an audience who really wants to be there and is enthusiastic, otherwise it can be quite a traumatizing experience.

I have to rein myself in sometimes.

I think it's important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

As an artist I just think comedic actors are really underrated.

What's weird about the cinema business is that you have to have a thick skin while remaining vulnerable as an artist. It comes with time. You get dumped, your heart gets broken.

It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.

Comedy has to have momentum in order for it to keep moving along.

They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

People would make fun of me and throw things at me and whatever teenagers do.

Women watch plenty of television and theater. They're consumers, like everybody else. I think people don't thinking women go to the movies is a thing that still has to be addressed and changed.

I have drive, for sure. You have to. It's a tough business; there are a lot of actresses and not a lot of great roles. I don't want to complain because I'm so grateful.

Making a film is an incredibly technical undertaking.

The writing is so great on TV now; it's such a pleasure to watch.

I definitely had creative people around me, but my parents were more just very encouraging.

I love TV as a viewer.

How competitive am I? A healthy amount. I have four siblings. It was competitive just eating dinner, like, "Everyone, get what you want from the chicken." Plus competing for your parents' attention.

The good thing about having a kid is you don't think about that as much. Like when I turned 30, for instance, that was much more momentous. Forty is particularly great for a woman. It's a big thing.

The actor's life, but also the Australian's life. We're wanderers. We like to walk about - we're curious people. I have felt that since I was a teenager.