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Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.

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Mia Wasikowska
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: October 25
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To have a creative outlet that you can control is really important because you do a lot of waiting to be cast, then waiting to go into production, and then waiting on set.
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Ballet has really helped me in every acting role. You have to be very disciplined, you have to be able to control your nerves and perform under pressure, and all those things you have to use in acting when you're on film or going for an audition.
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I think that I burnt myself out a little bit with my dancing because I did so much of it. I was exhausted so thought that I would try a different kind of performance and expression and acting seemed like a close fit it was similar in some ways to dancing. My mum showed me some really good films and so I became interested in films and acting.
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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.
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I want to just do my job and do it well.
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I like my anonymity - that when I meet people they don't know me.
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You are relying on a waiting on other people in acting and films, so to be able to have something that I have full creative control over is really very therapeutic.
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Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three.
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I always thought the piano scene was kind of unique to shoot because we were actually able to film with the playback of the actual song. And that was quite amazing because it almost made it easier - music is usually something that is added after filming has finished so to be able to shoot a scene with music was really wonderful.
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I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again.
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I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.
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I think that dancing has helped or prepared me, in a number of different ways, for the film industry, especially with controlling your nerves when you walk into an audition because you're on stage from a young age.
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Traveling to Russia and Germany and being able to see the world at a young age was really cool for me, and I really liked that.
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Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities.
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I come from a background of independent films.
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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.
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As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.
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I really like trying to find the roles that are actually really meaningful to me.
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With dance, you learn to channel nerves into energy, excited energy. It's sort of similar when you walk into an audition room, to be able to go takes deep breath and then go in real calm. It was in those ways that it really helped me.
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Dance is such a stressful environment.
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