With a corset on, you can't breathe properly. Mia Wasikowska More Quotes by Mia Wasikowska More Quotes From Mia Wasikowska Any time you get a role that's a young person, that resembles what it's like to be a teenager, I always kind of jump at it. Mia Wasikowska teenagerkind I think that because most films where there's a teenager, it's aimed at a teenage audience. Restless is - I wouldn't classify it as a teen film, strictly, but it's definitely a film that appeals to young people, but also gives them credit for their complexity. Mia Wasikowska teenagepeoplethinking I think dancing is contributed hugely to how I am as an actor, just a level of comfort in my body and in movement. Things can become strangely physically technical when you're acting, and often something that just feels so unnatural is actually what you need to do in a certain scene. Mia Wasikowska actingdancingthinking When I got onto set with him we were given a folder of storyboards. I thought that was pretty incredible because I hadn't worked with anybody who used storyboards before so he obviously had a very precise way as to how he visualized the film from the very beginning. It was every scene, but to his credit he was incredibly collaborative and gave us many opportunities to have our own input and to change things with him, so it was a really great way of working. Mia Wasikowska creditinputopportunity One of the producers, Wonjo, was an amazing interpreter. I don't think we really knew how it was going to work at the beginning. Yet it was something that a couple of days into it seemed so seamless and it wasn't something that we noticed or thought about. A couple of times I cornered him and forced him to speak English but we didn't speak much English at all. That said, I don't think anything was ever lost in translation. It was all very easy. Mia Wasikowska speak-englishcouplethinking I didn't shoot any guns then or when we did the scene with Uncle Charlie [Matthew Goode] and Evie [Nicole Kidman] in the hall. I sort of pressed the button but there were no blanks or anything in there because I think it was always going to cut. Mia Wasikowska unclescuttingthinking I love doing accents because it takes you one step away from yourself and allows you to embody someone else's character. Mia Wasikowska accentsstepscharacter We have so many American and English films in Australia that we hear those accents often, so they're not too hard to pick up, but it's always a challenge. Mia Wasikowska australiafilmchallenges There's a bunch of directors that I really admire, and Australian ones as well. It would be nice to do a film at home. Mia Wasikowska nicehomedirectors It's really rare to get a teenage role that resembles something of what it's like to be a young person, that isn't a cliché or a stereotype. Mia Wasikowska stereotypeteenageroles Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that's a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women. Mia Wasikowska importantbravepeople I used to love ballet and I did it really, really intensely. But it came so much about achieving physical perfection, which when I was 14 was a big deal. Mia Wasikowska balletachieveperfection I come from a background of independent films. Mia Wasikowska independent-filmindependentfilm The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable. It's never been about the blockbusters and making a huge tonne of money. It's always been about wanting to do projects about the things that I think are important to be out there. Mia Wasikowska independentimportantthinking I really like trying to find the roles that are actually really meaningful to me. Mia Wasikowska rolestryingmeaningful He [directo Park] gave me a sculpture, a jaguar. It is the animal, obviously, and it is in my bedroom at my parents' place at the moment. But I am just about to move into my own place and I shall put it somewhere there. I shall make sure it has good lighting. This will be my first place of my own and I am so excited. Mia Wasikowska parentanimalmoving It was good but it was just a tiny bit uncomfortable because it was a day of lying in the bushes and I think I got a major muscle thing going on there! But it was good. It was fun. That is one of the things you get to do in film that you don't do, or that I don't do, in real life. I can't speak for Dermot [Mulroney]! But it was fun. Mia Wasikowska realfunlying There's a whole language to movement and how you embody someone, and how you can use different techniques for different characters. I guess just posture, and the way you walk, and the way you physically are. All of that says a lot about who someone is. Mia Wasikowska differentlanguagecharacter She's just spent two years traveling the world as the captain of a ship and she's very empowered and very much knows who she is. Mia Wasikowska entertainment I love seeing my family. Mia Wasikowska i-loveseeingfamilylove
