Top 141 Quotes & Sayings by Margot Robbie - Page 2

Everyone's set the bar really high and expects me to be brilliant.

You don't leave Australia unless you are passionate. Any Australian actor who comes to America is really committed. There are no dabblers - it's all or nothing.

It was actually nice to get a fresh, clean slate when I came to America.

'Wolf of Wall Street' opened up a lot of doors for me. It was such a massive opportunity, which provided me with only more opportunities.

I started working on a TV show in Australia, straight out of high school, so I missed the whole university experience.

My mum is just the sweetest person on Earth, and if I turned into her, I wouldn't be that upset at all; in fact, it would be an honour.

I made a conscious decision not to date actors.

No one in my family had ever done anything acting-wise or entertainment industry-wise.

I was devastated when I had to go blonde.

I have been robbed a bunch of times. And now that I know how to pickpocket, I understand why I have been pickpocketed so many times.

If I looked good in 'Wolf of Wall Street,' I cannot take full credit; it was because of the hair extensions and makeup.

I gravitate towards monochromes. I always sort of either wear white or black or cream. I really like wearing colorful things as well, but I'm a sucker for cream-colored.

People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.

Where I'm from on the Gold Coast, we say that there are a lot of 'cashed-up Bogans,' you know, people with no class but a lot of money.

My jet lag is getting a bit ridiculous. But, you know, it's first-world problems. It's a wonderful problem, 'Oh I have to travel around the world; how awful.'

It seems to be the way I get jobs - I book a holiday, I get to the other side of the world, then I'll get the job.

That's precisely what we do as actors: try to convince the audience we are somebody else. And if you can do that, you are really doing something.

I get very into my sports.

I learned a lot about pain and suffering during 'Pan Am.' We had to wear very constricting period-correct girdles and bras. After that, I learned to read a script with an eye toward the undergarments.

It irritates me so much the way people talk about soaps because it is far more difficult working on a soap than it is on a big studio film.

If people are talking about me, I want it to be because of the work I'm doing and not the person I'm seeing.

I swear I'm not bossy in any other aspect of my life - it's just on set.

I now know how to steal a watch when someone's wearing it. It's an excellent talent to have.

Honestly, my dating life according to the tabloids is very exciting, and the most hilarious thing is that it's nowhere near as exciting as the tabloids have ever made it out to be.

I kind of like pony tails, beards, maybe a tattoo. My massive obsession - I'm really targeting a niche market here - a hair lip.

Something I realized when I moved to America: people get these general American accents, but when they get angry or upset or excited, their original accents come out. It's something I noticed with my manager, because he's from New York, and the first time he got angry, he suddenly had this accent.

I still have my agent back in Australia keeping an eye on things there, and we are trying to find the right job which will bring me home to shoot.

I have to keep explaining to people that screen kissing isn't quite the same; it's close, but it isn't quite the same as a normal, real-life kiss.

I get miserable if I don't eat.

Ironically, I don't like having cameras in my face.

I have no concept of modesty anymore.

I have never been a cynical person.

People ask me all the time what it is about Australia that produces so many big stars. Honestly, I believe it is a combination of things. Our education standards are quite high, but our industry is very limited. Yet we're very aware of the industry - everyone goes to the theater, sees TV shows.

There is a real sense of family when you're around Australians, even if you don't know them.

My hockey is good, but my ice skating is terrible. It's a bit of a mess to watch!

I think, at the end of the day, age is just a number. It's like, in real life, I've got friends who are dating someone their age or dating someone who's twice their age, and they're equally in love.

People don't really know about 'Neighbours' in America, and if they have heard of it, it's only in the context of 'Oh, sure, that's what Guy Pearce was on', or Kylie Minogue.

It's just terrible: I miss flights all the time, more than I probably catch one.

There is something about being people from your home country in a different country. It bonds you together.

I'm never happier than when I'm on set.

Any time I have any time off, I try to travel.

A movie shoots six months for two hours of film.

Initially I thought: 'I would never get cast opposite Will Smith! No one would ever buy it with the age difference, our personalities.' I can't think of a couple that makes less sense in every way, shape and form.

I always have more fun when I stay in hostels - you just meet so many more people. A hotel makes sense when you're doing work things, but travelling, you don't really get a feel for a place if you're in a hotel. I find it seems to make it all feel like everywhere else.

My mother's family raised grains and crops. My father's grew sugarcane and mangos. So I knew more about the basics of farming than of acting.

If I have to get into a bikini, then I eat carrot sticks for three days.

I always wanted to play ice hockey back in Australia, I'm not sure why, but we didn't have any ice where I lived. It was very hot - a coastal town.

I know that my look is more 'toothpaste model' as opposed to artsy, which sucks because I can play those roles.

Probably not for about 10 years, because I've got so much to do before then, but I really want to have four kids ... I'd love them to have adorable little American accents, but I do want to bring my kids up in Australia; it's such a good lifestyle.

I remember specific times and people in my life so much more clearly if I smell something that brings me back to them.

I send thank you notes, not emails, even if I'm staying at a friend's house or something. I'm very old school.

My spirit animal is a monkey. Because I have really long arms and I like being up high.

I try to remind myself that all of this could be over tomorrow, because I could wake up and magically be 35 feet tall and not be able to act in movies anymore.

You need to shower at the end of the day.

I feel like I'm pretty good at doing my own makeup. I've watched a lot of people do my makeup, so I've been able to gauge what looks good and what doesn't.

I feel much more comfortable either up in a tree, or underwater. That's where I feel the most zen.

I'm so weak. The stronger I get the more training I'll be able to do.

Growing up I never had a perfume. I was like oh, one day when I'm grownup and have money I'm going to wear perfume. I had one perfume and I would save it for really, really, really special occasions. Which meant I never actually wore it. So now it's one of those things like, I can wear perfume everyday. I can afford to buy another one, I'm really lucky that I can. Now when I have nice stuff I don't save it anymore, I try to use it.

I became an actor so I can show you characters and never have to show you me.

I think the superhero platform gives the female character, you know, a relate-ability for the male audience as well. So, I think that's why people are kinda gravitating towards female super hero characters, and also female characters in general as big parts of the film. So, that's great for us, female actors who want to do roles like that, which is really great.