Mia Wasikowska
Mia Wasikowska
Mia Wasikowska is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut on the Australian television drama All Saints in 2004, followed by her feature film debut in Suburban Mayhem. She first became known to a wider audience following her critically acclaimed work on the HBO television series In Treatment and she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for That Evening Sun. She gained worldwide prominence in 2010 after starring as Alice in Tim Burton's...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 October 1989
CityCanberra, Australia
CountryAustralia
I love doing accents because it takes you one step away from yourself and allows you to embody someone else's character.
I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character, or the time that they live in, or what they're experiencing.
I like characters who remind me of someone I know.
Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.
The wardrobe is always the last piece of the puzzle. When you step into the clothing, that's the final step to figuring out that character.
I like to be absorbed in what my character's doing.
You definitely put a bit of yourself in every character, and you always have to have an understanding and empathy for the person that you play.
I really loved it because it really informed his way of seeing my character and the story. If you look closely he always had this metaphor of an egg, of a little chick pecking her way out of a shell, and in one scene in the kitchen there are all these white plates on a wall and then in the middle there is a yellow plate so even that looks like an egg. And a lot of the furniture was almost sculpted in that way as well. It was really cool to see that.
I want to keep doing roles that are challenging and different.
I like to think of myself as an observer.
It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set.
The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things.
You have an awareness of your body and how to use it and I think that if you can embody a character physically it's another really useful tool.
Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why.