Penelope Mitchell Professions : Actress Born : July 23, 1991 Browse All Authors Top 13 quotes by Penelope Mitchell I'm a self-confessed genre nerd. I'm a very serious actor, but a genre nerd, all the same. Penelope Mitchell nerd actors self I uprooted my life from Australia and came over to America with the idea of pursuing my acting career. I wasn't really sure where I would end up. I threw caution to the wind. Penelope Mitchell careers wind ideas When you're teenager, your hormones and your emotions are so tumultuous and so unpredictable. You're just trying to understand yourself. Penelope Mitchell teenager emotion trying One of the great things about working for Netflix is that they haven't placed any restrictions on content or artistically. Penelope Mitchell netflix great-things restriction Personally, I know the lifestyle I lead is really busy. If I want to watch an entire series of something, it usually has to be in one weekend. I'll dedicate two days to it because it's not the kind of thing I can come back to, every night. I think this is a really smart format. Penelope Mitchell weekend smart night My first year of university, I ran around and signed up for these clubs, and I noticed they were all drama clubs: really lame, artsy things. Penelope Mitchell year things university drama At the end of my first year, I realized I wanted to do more drama, so I actually started an extracurricular course outside of university. So I was at school all day writing, and in the evenings I'd go to drama school. So it was nonstop. Penelope Mitchell end day writing school I remember being this little girl missing her daddy and living so far away in France and from anything that was familiar to me. I felt so different and so isolated. When you're removed from everything that's familiar, you realize who you are. Penelope Mitchell me you girl remember Even though I was manically overachieving and involved in everything, I still never felt like I belonged. That's definitely affected my whole life and why I wanted to become an actor and tell people stories, because communication and feeling like you belong is such an integral part of our social fabric. Penelope Mitchell you communication life people T.S. Eliot was one of the first poets introduced to me when I started studying literature and has felt like a close friend ever since. No one nails urban despair quite like Eliot. Penelope Mitchell friend me nails literature I think that film combines almost every element that makes human life worth living. Penelope Mitchell worth think living life Ever since I can remember, I've worn big black boots. They are super warm and get me where I need to go. Penelope Mitchell me black i-can remember Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me with optimism; it's autonomous and democratic, and reminds me that maybe people are paying attention after all. Penelope Mitchell me people world art Similar Authors Beatrice Lillie actress Adepero Oduye actress Adrienne Barbeau actress Bindu actress Alexandra Breckenridge actress Bojana Novakovic actress All Authors
