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I'd been shy since childhood, constantly full of self-doubt. And as an actor, I'd been so scared of failing that I made my career - and myself - a big joke.

~Emily Mortimer

Topics: Actor Been Big Career Childhood Constantly Failing Full Joke Made Myself Scared Self-Doubt Shy Since

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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

Topics: Ask Children Conferences Courage Draw Go Good How Know Learning Need Nothing Now Really Reserve Scared Shy Slowly Still Too Want

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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

Topics: Actor Bad Being Boring Exposing Risk Thought Time Unattractive You Yourself

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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

Topics: Because Best Best Friend Bus Cheap Cool Cool Thing Definitely Down Friend Give Herself Just Laugh Make Me Physically Quick Run Sophisticated Thing Used

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I like to mix it up, yeah. I don't sort of think, 'Oh, I need to do a comedy, I've done three dramas this year.' I don't think of it like that, but I definitely from project to project I feel like I want to just do something different all of the time and stop, I don't want to bore myself or anyone else.

~Emily Mortimer

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Bore Comedy Definitely Different Done Dramas Else Feel Just Like Mix Myself Need Oh Project Something Sort Stop Think Three Time Up Want Yeah Year I Feel I Feel Like

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I'm always drawn to the thing I think I can't possibly do, because I tend to be better when I think I can't possibly do something than I am when I'm pretty sure I can do something.

~Emily Mortimer

Topics: Always Am Because Better Drawn Possibly Pretty Something Sure Tend Than Thing Think I Think I Am I Can

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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

Topics: About Exotic Feel Great Kind Like Me Miss New New York Something Time Underestimated Unfamiliar Very York I Feel I Feel Like

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Lots of people there seemed to be in denial, in absolute denial, of death - everybody's pretending that death doesn't happen in L.A.; if you do enough exercise and take enough wheatgrass and have your pill every day, you might not die.

~Emily Mortimer

Topics: Absolute Day Death Denial Die Enough Every Every Day Everybody Exercise Happen Lots Might People Pill Pretending Seemed Take You Your

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The thing I miss about L.A. is time. I feel like I had much more time there, partly because no one is ever really doing anything.

~Emily Mortimer

Topics: About Anything Because Doing Ever Feel Had Like Miss More Much Partly Really Thing Time I Feel I Feel Like

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I borrowed my friend's car the other day in an attempt to persuade my husband that we needed a car and literally this is true, in the first day of borrowing the car, I got three tickets and I rear-ended it.

~Emily Mortimer

Topics: Attempt Borrowed Borrowing Car Day First Friend Got Husband Literally Needed Other Persuade Three Tickets True

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Actress

Born: December 1st, 1971

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