More Essie Davis

There's something great about being on location with a bunch of people - there's a camarader...
ESSIE DAVIS 'The Custodian' was my first film, and there were so many lessons to learn in that week. It ...
ESSIE DAVIS One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every ch...
ESSIE DAVIS People who don't know how old I am can cast me as the woman in 'Girl with a Pearl Earring...
ESSIE DAVIS Phryne Fisher could walk down the red carpet; Essie Davis is something else.
ESSIE DAVIS Even though I love fashion and the red carpet dresses are a great, fun, glorious thing, I don't ...
ESSIE DAVIS Film directors don't come to the theatre in Sydney. In London and New York, they do.
ESSIE DAVIS 'The Slap' is not like anything else. It's an incredibly well-written novel that has bee...
ESSIE DAVIS There are many books that I love dearly, and I've seen many televised or film recreations that I...
ESSIE DAVIS I don't know if I want to walk down the street and have everyone staring. I think that would be ...
ESSIE DAVIS I've really had a great career. It's been part fortune and part my own choices that steered ...
ESSIE DAVIS I think every character rubs off on you a little bit.
ESSIE DAVIS I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I th...
ESSIE DAVIS I was terrified of being a mum because I didn't think I'd ever be grown up enough.
ESSIE DAVIS It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I ...
ESSIE DAVIS Trying to get over to the 'on camera' side of things has been hard work.
ESSIE DAVIS I feel lucky that I've managed to get the roles I've wanted.
ESSIE DAVIS I'm a fan of mindfulness, and if colouring in is a way of reaching mindfulness, then I think it&...
ESSIE DAVIS Getting fan mail from Brazil is kind of funny.
ESSIE DAVIS I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'...
ESSIE DAVIS I always knew I wanted to go to NIDA. I think I was very fortunate, and I do doubt myself often, but...
ESSIE DAVIS Parenting is meant to be just a natural part of life. You just think you know how to do it but, of c...
ESSIE DAVIS I used to buy things for every hotel room or every place I lived in to make it feel like home.
ESSIE DAVIS I have children, and they demand my full and complete attention. They get that when I'm at home,...
ESSIE DAVIS As soon as you become a parent, everyone gives you their parenting advice. It's like an onslaugh...
ESSIE DAVIS It's such a magnificent thing to be able to love someone and expect nothing from them.
ESSIE DAVIS Everyone has a point of view about corporal punishment.
ESSIE DAVIS I think my morals are perfectly... tight!
ESSIE DAVIS Why are you trying to kill us?
ESSIE DEBONET I think it's wonderful. The Senate showed their concerns for people.
ESSIE DEBONET We're hoping that the House shows the same caring and consideration and compassion that the Senate j...
ESSIE DEBONET For some reason, post players think they can beat me and maybe get overconfident. I am squirmy. I ca...
ESSIE BAIRD That was my personality coming out on the floor. That is who I am.
ESSIE BAIRD The leap in time is huge for me. I know that this is my last competitive sport and I want it to take...
ESSIE BAIRD I love Thanksgiving. In Canada, we don't really have a lot of history with Thanksgiving, and it&...
MACKENZIE DAVIS

I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of be...
JIM DAVIS

I stop short of being a workaholic.
JIM DAVIS

When you're through with your cat, you can't throw it in the trash.
JIM DAVIS

I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek.
JIM DAVIS

I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.
JIM DAVIS

I was very happy and honored to create the Professor Garfield Foundation with Ball State to make rea...
JIM DAVIS

Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing.
JIM DAVIS

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.
JIM DAVIS

My dream in life is to write the one gag that makes everyone in the world laugh.
JIM DAVIS

I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condi...
JIM DAVIS

Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting...
JIM DAVIS

You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind.
JIM DAVIS

The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.
JIM DAVIS

Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.
JIM DAVIS

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessari...
JIM DAVIS

Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute hum...
JIM DAVIS

You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veteran...
JIM DAVIS

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.
JIM DAVIS

Cats rule the world.
JIM DAVIS I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, an...
WENDY DAVIS

I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the ...
ERIC DAVIS

Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame o...
EVAN DAVIS We worked so hard, spent so much time in weight room and in camps to be where we are today. We wante...
ANTHONY DAVIS

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.
PATTI DAVIS I discovered that in a story I could safely dream any dream, hope any hope, go anywhere I pleased an...
DONALD DAVIS

Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making...
TAMRA DAVIS

A school morning is usually a pretty hectic time in any household.
TAMRA DAVIS

A mom can't afford to be sick.
TAMRA DAVIS

I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the bab...
TAMRA DAVIS

It felt amazing to be one of a handful working female directors in Hollywood.
TAMRA DAVIS

I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I...
TAMRA DAVIS

I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
TAMRA DAVIS

My connection with Basquiat was really in Los Angeles, which really was a whole different world to w...
TAMRA DAVIS

All of my main characters have been under 30.
TAMRA DAVIS

When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
TAMRA DAVIS

I have been lucky in my life to have met people that are special, so extraordinary talented that the...
TAMRA DAVIS

In 1983, I was working at an art gallery in Los Angeles and going to film school at Los Angeles City...
TAMRA DAVIS

I am so inspired by new media.
TAMRA DAVIS

It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think y...
TAMRA DAVIS

Many classrooms are overcrowded, and splitting the class into smaller groups gives the children more...
TAMRA DAVIS

Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
TAMRA DAVIS

There's no continuity in videos... you can jump around all over the place. In features, you can&...
TAMRA DAVIS

Basquiat will continue to show us new things about who we are and why he was so important.
TAMRA DAVIS

I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is gr...
TAMRA DAVIS

Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
TAMRA DAVIS

A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
TAMRA DAVIS

I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and en...
TAMRA DAVIS

I hope to work till I'm an old lady.
TAMRA DAVIS

How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and ...
TAMRA DAVIS

Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever!
TAMRA DAVIS Sunshine is a welcome thing. It brings a lot of brightness.
JIMMIE DAVIS

On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
WADE DAVIS

Change is no threat to culture.
WADE DAVIS

It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of e...
WADE DAVIS

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't...
WADE DAVIS

All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for lif...
WADE DAVIS I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.
WENDY DAVIS Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo...
WENDY DAVIS Let's make sure that we don't close down 37 of the 42 clinics in Texas and leave women with ...
WENDY DAVIS While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few faci...
WENDY DAVIS I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or fo...
WENDY DAVIS Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
WENDY DAVIS We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. The promise that where you...
WENDY DAVIS I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.
WENDY DAVIS Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's e...
WENDY DAVIS When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get t...
WENDY DAVIS As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I've been targeted by the GO...
WENDY DAVIS When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from...
WENDY DAVIS We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels...
WENDY DAVIS I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say...
WENDY DAVIS I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epi...
WENDY DAVIS I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, eve...
WENDY DAVIS I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard w...
WENDY DAVIS I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate ...
WENDY DAVIS Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system.
WENDY DAVIS

My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, ve...
WARWICK DAVIS

But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director'...
WARWICK DAVIS

When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and ...
WARWICK DAVIS

When I came up with the character of Wicket for 'Return Of The Jedi', which was my first fil...
WARWICK DAVIS

I mean, I would say I get five or six e-mails every day from people asking, "Is there going to ...
WARWICK DAVIS

To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several ...
WARWICK DAVIS

Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.
WARWICK DAVIS

My wife is short, and my two kids are also small.
WARWICK DAVIS

I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
WARWICK DAVIS

I've found that it's actually more of a disability to be tall than short. I have no problem ...
WARWICK DAVIS

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.
WARWICK DAVIS

I wouldn't say one is easier or more difficult, but when you're inside a costume and a mask,...
WARWICK DAVIS

So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do...
WARWICK DAVIS

I run Willow Management, which is the biggest agency for other short actors. We look after performer...
WARWICK DAVIS

As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for peopl...
WARWICK DAVIS

The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make ...
WARWICK DAVIS

It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! ...
WARWICK DAVIS

People who are short, they're often portrayed as the victim.
WARWICK DAVIS

My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's ...
WARWICK DAVIS

My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward att...
WARWICK DAVIS

Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because ...
WARWICK DAVIS

I wouldn't change a thing about my family.
WARWICK DAVIS

My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now an...
WARWICK DAVIS

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's a...
ANGELA DAVIS Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change...
WENDY DAVIS

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
ANGELA DAVIS

It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd ra...
ERIC DAVIS Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care o...
WENDY DAVIS You really can't turn on TLC without seeing us.
PAIGE DAVIS I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, w...
PAIGE DAVIS I'm basically for the whole year just traveling with three suitcases.
PAIGE DAVIS The best thing about New York is everything is available. Whatever you want, New York has got it!
PAIGE DAVIS These rooms are decorated in two days. It's all kept secret. The neighbors spend the night in ea...
PAIGE DAVIS College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.
OSSIE DAVIS Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change - it can not only move us, i...
OSSIE DAVIS I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.
OSSIE DAVIS

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
BETTE DAVIS

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
BETTE DAVIS

I am just too much.
BETTE DAVIS

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
BETTE DAVIS

Strong women only marry weak men.
BETTE DAVIS

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
BETTE DAVIS

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
BETTE DAVIS

There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the...
BETTE DAVIS

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a chi...
BETTE DAVIS

Sex is God's joke on human beings.
BETTE DAVIS

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
BETTE DAVIS

Acting is embarrassing.

Copied!

Essie Davis

Acting is embarrassing.

Essie Davis

Share:

Related

More Essie Davis