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
Everybody is completely different. I think there is no formula for filmmaking. Everybody finds their own way of doing things.
In our world, we have so many ways we can escape with technology, like TV, Facebook, computers, text messaging and all that.
Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.
You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings.
Dance has such an intensity to it. You become, in a way, an intense person.
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.
I've never been happier to be born in this time than when I was wearing a corset.
I love Portland. I think it's one of the best cities - I obviously haven't been to very many places, but I had one of the best times I've had on a set there.
There comes a point in your life when you realize your parents aren't perfect.