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Emily Mortimer is a renowned British actress, born on December 1, 1971. She is known for her exceptional performances in films and television, particularly in movies like 'Kill Bill' and 'The Shawshank Redemption'. Mortimer has won numerous awards for her acting, including BAFTA and Golden Globe, and is celebrated for her exquisite talent and unique presence on screen.

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“Every time you start a new job, you're starting from the beginning again and it's terrifying. And you feel like you're going to be fired and told to go home and never to darken the doors of these people ever again.”

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“It's very difficult to find the time or the money for people to organize rehearsals for some movies. It staggers me how little preparation often goes into these scenes which are difficult and complicated. You think, "God, it's crazy. I've never met this person before and here I am having to work at how to do a whole performance on the set." It was great to have a few days of just talking to Michael [Caine] and Daniel [Barber] and thinking about the characters and the relationship between them before we started shooting.”

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“My take on people and on the characters I play in Transsiberian, the role you're looking for, is that everybody is more than one thing. We're many things, all of us, and there are times when we are capable of great levity and jolliness and then there are times when the opposite is true.”

People Character Capable

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“Good people can do terrible things, and that's what life is all about, the complexities and grey areas. And often characters aren't written that way in movies, especially characters for women. So you end up being either one thing or the other.”

People Character Terrible Complexity Good People

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“I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't confident with other people and I think I was always afraid of up or not being this very cool, amazing person that I wanted to be.”

People Thinking Persons Wanted Growing Up Growing Shy Very Cool Amazing Person

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“I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em' and shout across the bar, 'Em, what are you drinking?' after the show.”

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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.”

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Author:Emily Mortimer

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Born: December 1, 1971
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 56

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