Top 82 Quotes & Sayings by Danielle Macdonald
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian actress Danielle Macdonald.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.
It's kind of amazing to see that progress happens over time.
When Sundance happened, it felt insane and not like reality at all.
People are always going to tell you to lose weight, and they tell you how they feel about it. There are pressures always to be a certain weight, but you have to be who you are. And if you want to change, you have got to do it for you and not for what people want you to be.
I actually got a visa through a job that fell through, and it allowed me to move out here and start from scratch. There's more opportunity in America for girls like me, I guess.
I grew up in Sydney, Australia, and I started doing acting classes when I was in eighth grade.
I like Macklemore.
If you make one person happy, there you go - you did your job.
I'm a realist - yes, I know: darn, I'm unlikely to have a love scene with Chris Hemsworth anytime soon, if ever. But I also believe that persistence and hard work pays off.
Because I don't look like most lead actresses look, I was told that I shouldn't even come to America. That I shouldn't even try! I think that's ridiculous.
I think everyone kinda feels a little out place sometimes.
I love tinted moisturiser. I feel like I'm wearing nothing when I'm wearing it, which is how I like to feel, but it still provides me with coverage - and it's got sunscreen in it, so I'm not worried about getting burnt.
I want to play characters that people relate to, characters that make different kinds of women in society feel represented.
How many people get to say they recorded a song with Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston?
None of my family is in the industry. But I watched movies like an insane person when I was a child. I used to make my dad stop at the video store every time we drove past it, and you had to drive past the video store to get to our house.
I love acting, and I'm going to continue doing that.
Actually, for me, it's really funny because I play characters with mommy issues more than anything, and I have a great relationship with my mom!
It's okay to be you and okay to be who you are and okay to love and accept yourself.
Don't stress out about the things you can't control.
I remember loving 'Hairspray.' I was obsessed with it, and I didn't realise why. I felt so connected to it at the time because there wasn't any other kind of representation. So when it happens, you think, 'wow, I really connect with this movie. Why is that? Maybe it's because there's a girl like me up there on the screen.'
Kendrick is phenomenal. I've never tried and practiced a song that was as hard as when I practiced Kendrick's verse on 'Control.' He's a genius. I think that people do recognize it.
Emma Watson was a super-starstruck moment.
I will never stop being excited about 'Harry Potter.'
There aren't plus-sized teens represented in film who aren't made the butt of a joke.
'Harry Potter' is the first book that ever got me into reading. I had to read it in year 7, for school, and then I kept reading all of them.
I have a dog and a cat, and they are best friends.
I'm pretty boring in my real life.
When I first watched '8 Mile,' it was amazing. It got me. I loved it.
I had a talk with Frances McDormand, actually, right before I did my first lead in a film, and that was really amazing.
The cool thing about being different in this industry is that you get different roles; you aren't pigeonholed the same way.
When I was in Australia, I had three different agents in three different years, and I didn't have one audition. They were good agents; I just never had one audition that was the right stuff.
I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.
I'm very lucky with my family. They've always been very encouraging, and they never thought that anything would hold me back. I'm very fortunate to have had that.
I think, in Australia, it's kind of a crazy thing to say, 'I want to be an actor.' People look at you weirdly. And when I said I was moving to L.A., I remember people saying, 'No, you shouldn't. You'll just come back disappointed.'
I've never actually played an Australian or worked in Australia. I really want to change that. I really want to work here - that would be great.
I always like auditioning because it's like, 'Oh, my God, I have an audition - yay!' It means opportunity for work, which is great. But it's scary as well, because you put so much pressure on yourself.
'Priscilla' was made in 1994, and I think it was kind of daring for its time.
When you take on new roles that you don't feel comfortable with, that require you having skills you don't have, it's terrifying.
It definitely took me a while to adjust to L.A. I came out knowing nobody, and I'd never lived away from home before.
I've been lucky enough to play lots of real women - flawed, strong, independent women - and I love it.
One of the cool things about 'Patti Cake$' is that it is about someone that is against stereotype.
You don't have to be scared of what other people are thinking. You don't need to feel judged by other people.
The most surprising thing - and the thing I really didn't think I would have an opportunity to do when I was younger - was I didn't realize the kind of roles I would be able to play. I thought it would be, like, two lines here, the joke.
There aren't often plus size, very real normal women in film. It's never their story.
It's just so hard growing up: you go through things, especially acting - I go to a different set every couple of months, and you meet an entirely new group of people that are around you 24/7. It's not an easy situation to go into when you're a shy person.
You just have to find the people that you love, and surround yourself with them.
People in big studios are like, 'People want to see other people who are skinny and happy and amazing.' But I think, nowadays, they are realising that what sells is real people from all different backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures and size. People want to see themselves represented on screen, and it's a real cool thing for everyone.
I've seen a bunch of movies about pageants, and I know in general how they work.
Not everybody gets to travel halfway around the world to see a whole different perspective. If we can see that on TV, we'll know that society is bigger than the small world we all live in.
I just got to do a challenging scene with Jennifer Aniston! That's unreal to me.
I think confidence comes with age and experience, honestly.
I love Octavia Spencer. I love what she has to say as a human, and I love her career and the variety of characters she has played.
I would love to live in a world that is purely equal, where everyone has equal opportunities in every way. But that is not reality.
I came out to America just before I turned 19, got my first audition, and booked it.
I can't sing.
You can drive your own self crazy. You don't have to be in a bad situation or be bullied every day to feel this way. I was constantly judging myself. That's really the thing that gets you.
Everyone goes through that time in their life when they're trying to figure out who they are, find their own purpose and their own way.
The big message is, you're the star in your own life. You don't have to change; you are who you are. Go and do what you want to do.
There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.
I think you have to try and fail a little bit, because you learn how badly you want it.
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