I think avocado toast is the best ever. It's my favorite.
Danielle Macdonald
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.
Diversity is just 'the world.' It's different cultures, different backgrounds, different ethnicities, different religions, genders, sexual orientation, shapes, sizes. That is the world, but we call it 'diversity' because there is this one type that has always been accepted in the media, and it's finally starting to change.
I love acting, and I'm going to continue doing that.
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.
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 think you have to try and fail a little bit, because you learn how badly you want it.
I think we all go through those moments of self-doubt.
You don't have to be scared of what other people are thinking. You don't need to feel judged by other people.
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.
I had to work at it - audition and fail, get things and lose others. If you really want something, you keep going.
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.
When you find out you're working with someone like Jennifer Aniston, you're like, 'Whoa, what is my life right now? ' It kind of doesn't really seem real. I grew up watching 'Friends' and all her movies, and I was so excited to work with her. And then, I met her, and I was like, 'Oh. You're, like, a very relatable human being.'
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.
It's kind of amazing to see that progress happens over time.
I have a dog and a cat, and they are best friends.
There aren't plus-sized teens represented in film who aren't made the butt of a joke.
Words are just words. They only bother you if you let them.
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.
You just have to find the people that you love, and surround yourself with them.
'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 will never stop being excited about 'Harry Potter.'
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.
If you make one person happy, there you go - you did your job.
When Sundance happened, it felt insane and not like reality at all.
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.
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.'
I just got to do a challenging scene with Jennifer Aniston! That's unreal to me.
I had a talk with Frances McDormand, actually, right before I did my first lead in a film, and that was really amazing.
When I first watched '8 Mile,' it was amazing. It got me. I loved it.
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 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.
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 wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.
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 came out to America just before I turned 19, got my first audition, and booked it.
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.'
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.
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 like Macklemore.
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.
I'm pretty boring in my real life.
That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.
'Priscilla' was made in 1994, and I think it was kind of daring for its time.
I think everyone kinda feels a little out place sometimes.
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.
I've been lucky enough to play lots of real women - flawed, strong, independent women - and I love it.
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 want to play characters that people relate to, characters that make different kinds of women in society feel represented.
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!
