Rose Byrne Quotes

I think its important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

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

Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.

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.

I think it’s important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

I’m in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can’t impress them with a beach.

I’ve been reading The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, which is obviously very dated now but still relevant. It’s so interesting to see how far we’ve come and how far we haven’t come with all these myths that people put onto women.

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

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 an issue in my life or done something cliche like make a phone call.

Comedy has to have momentum in order for it to keep moving along.

The British are so funny.

As an artist I just think comedic actors are really underrated.

I was very, very shy when I was little. Acting lets you access all those different parts of yourself to make the character authentic.

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

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.

I’m the youngest of four, and I’m always the clown – making the jokes, wanting attention.

I’m generally a people-pleaser so I get high anxiety from any sort of confrontation.

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 better and better and better.

I’m absolutely as vulnerable as the next person in terms of being swept up in aspirational Instagrams. You just have to know what is fantasy and what is real. It’s always good to have a diverse feed in your life and in your social media.

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.

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.

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