Quotes by Rose Byrne

About Rose Byrne:

Mary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress. Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll. In 2000, she played a leading role in the Australian film The Goddess of 1967, which brought her a Venice Film Festival award for Best Actress. From 2007 to 2012, she played Ellen Parsons in the cable television series Damages, which earned her two Golden Globe and two Emmy nominations. Along with co-star Glenn Close, she appeared in all of the show's fifty-nine episodes. Byrne has also starred in the films Troy, 28 Weeks Later, Insidious, X-Men: First Class, as well as the comedies Bridesmaids, Neighbors and Spy.
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Art, a book, a painting, a song, can definitely inspire change, whether it's a small change or a big change but you know there's novels I've read or a scene in a film that I've seen where I definitely inspired something and made a change or addressed...

Rose Byrne

I tend to spiral out of control if I'm not working. I get panicked and don't know what to do with myself.

Rose Byrne

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

Rose Byrne

I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

Rose Byrne

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

Rose Byrne

There's a lot of intensity when you're on a set. And then it just goes away and no one's giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.

Rose Byrne

It's important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.

Rose Byrne

At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in.

Rose Byrne

I used to go to rave parties, too, but I was never savvy with techno.

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I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.

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I'm the youngest of four, and I'm always the clown - making the jokes, wanting attention.

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I've already started saying that I'm 30 when I'm still 29. That way, I'm already there.

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I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

Rose Byrne

TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs to be pushed and have someone on my case a little bit, so I suffer from that.

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The physical environment of L.A. is really beautiful. It's actually kinda fun, too, if you're working. It's just not really fun if you're not working and you don't know anybody.

Rose Byrne

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

Rose Byrne

I've always thought of myself as more of a character actress. I've tried to do different things, but I've always been under the radar and that's how I like it. I've been really blessed to work this long and I just hope I continue to get better and be...

Rose Byrne

They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

Rose Byrne

All forms of contact are good: letters, parcels, e-mails - I've been trying to get a Webcam for my computer, but I'm such a Luddite.

Rose Byrne

You know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy... I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

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Author Bio

  • NameRose Byrne
  • DescriptionAustralian actress
  • BornJuly 24, 1979
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionActor