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Emily Mortimer
Emily Mortimer
British Actress
Born: Dec 1, 1971
About Me People Think Time You
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I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at. Emily Mortimer
Good Learning Courage Nothing Too Draw Scared Slowly Know How Still Go Conferences Children Want Ask Really Reserve Now Shy Need
The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing that part, because I associate it so much with entering into the role and stepping into someone else's shoes. Emily Mortimer
Me You Shoes Difficult Else Unless Entering Would Find Someone Part Stepping Also Accent Because Odd Odd Thing Very Role Asked Much Now Thing Playing Associate
I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be. Emily Mortimer
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So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I haven't realised. Emily Mortimer
Funny People Before Think Virtue Telling About How Making Am Up Maybe Crap Stories Realised Themselves Notice Now Chance
But I have to grow out of it, because it's very boring, really. Even when you're telling people how crap you are, you're still banging on about yourself. Emily Mortimer
You Yourself People Out Telling Boring About Because How Still Very Banging Crap Really Even Grow
I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em' and shout across the bar, 'Em, what are you drinking?' after the show. Emily Mortimer
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I'm trying to avoid, you know, guilt, even though before the child is born, you're already thinking you're doing things wrong... Why do I think that will probably carry over until the day you die? Emily Mortimer
Day You Will Guilt Before Think Thinking Though Carry Born Wrong Over Know Until Doing Child Trying Die Avoid Even Why Things
Accents are very tangible, blessedly, and if you have to do one, it's a way of getting into character. I can read it through a few times and pretend I know what I'm doing! Emily Mortimer
Character You Few Way Pretend Through Know Read Accents Tangible Doing Very Times Getting
I think that you can get more passionate about somebody the longer you're with them and the more you know them and the more you go through together. Being married is definitely better than it's cracked up to be I think. Emily Mortimer
You Together Better Somebody Think Definitely Married About More Through Longer Know Passionate Go Up Than Cracked Get Being Them
Doing press is like eating at McDonald's: while it's going on it's vaguely enjoyable - you're seduced by your own vanity and taking yourself rather seriously - but immediately afterwards you feel sick. Emily Mortimer
You Yourself Seriously Own Sick Press Immediately Seduced Vanity Eating Rather Taking Feel Like Doing Going McDonald Afterwards While Your Enjoyable Vaguely
I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it. Emily Mortimer
Buy Home Spring Says Postage London More Come Excuse Go Chicken Any Want Anyone Stamp Dad
I already feel a bit annoyed at myself for writing screenplays. It's a bit, I don't know, model-singer-dancer-actress that went to a posh school. There's something too weirdly predictable about it. Emily Mortimer
Myself Writing School Too Bit About Something Feel Weirdly Know Annoyed Screenplays Predictable Posh
I want to discover more things about acting. Emily Mortimer
About More Discover Want Acting Things
I've only half-admitted I'm a professional. I know I am, I've paid my dues, but one of the things I could do better when I'm acting is to really be rigorous and to think I know how to do it. To use my brain. Emily Mortimer
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I wake up early. At 6:30 A.M., I'm at my most optimistic. Emily Mortimer
Wake Up Most Wake Up Optimistic Early
Breakfast is my favorite meal. I cook a big one for everyone - bacon and eggs. I own a lot of eggcups. Emily Mortimer
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When I'm panicked about my love handles, I go to the YMCA and get obsessed with Kid Rock videos as I'm on the running machine. Emily Mortimer
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Normal people, who can be good people but do bad things, are very interesting to me, and people that never get a parking ticket or never do a bad thing in their lives can be really dangerous. Emily Mortimer
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It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience. Emily Mortimer
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I must have been a really pretentious little girl. Emily Mortimer
Pretentious Girl Must Been Little Little Girl Really
I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S. Emily Mortimer
Citizen Become Cynical Determined American Did American Citizen Tax Inheritance Paying Avoid Reasons
In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off my awful roles and made fun of myself to friends, my work made me cringe - I dreaded anyone's seeing it. I was crushed that I wasn't doing anything I was proud of. Emily Mortimer
Work Myself Me Job Made First Crushed Few Took Cringe Laughed Dreaded TV Seeing Terrible Another Proud Doing Years Off Friends Roles Anyone After Anything Fun Even Actor Awful
You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive. Emily Mortimer
Time You Yourself Thought Bad Unattractive Boring Risk Being Exposing Actor
I'm physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap laugh because I definitely don't have that sophisticated cool thing down. Emily Mortimer
Best Me Down Herself Definitely Laugh Run Best Friend Give Physically Cheap Sophisticated Make Because Friend Quick Just Bus Used Cool Cool Thing Thing
It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites. Emily Mortimer
You Yourself Dangerous Too Much Too Bites Find About Talking Because Sound Sound Bites Much
New York is great, but I miss L.A. - I feel like there was something exotic about L.A. that I kind of underestimated at the time. It was very unfamiliar to me. Emily Mortimer
Time Great Me Kind About Something Feel Miss New Like Underestimated Exotic Very York Unfamiliar New York
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