Emily Mortimer Quotes

A collection of quotes by Emily Mortimer.

Emily Mortimer is an English actress who was born on December 1, 1971, in London, England. She is best known for her roles in films such as "Match Point," "Lars and the Real Girl," and "The Newsroom." Mortimer has also appeared in numerous stage plays and television shows throughout her career. She began her acting journey at the Oxford University Dramatic Society and has since become a respected and talented performer in both the UK and the US.

I'm physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend us

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.

So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a

So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I haven't realised.

Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the univer

Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.

I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chick

I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it.

I'm just happy to be a film where for once I don't have to w

I'm just happy to be a film where for once I don't have to worry about my hair, because my managers are always complaining about my hair looking depressing in my movies. Which is true. I mean, it's true.

It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit

It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience.

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher

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.

My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're

My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends.

I decided to give acting a serious, committed try, and soon

I decided to give acting a serious, committed try, and soon after, I read the script for 'Lovely and Amazing.' The story was beautiful and honest, and the characters struggled with the same insecurities many women - including me - face. I didn't think I had a chance in hell of being in the film, but I knew I had to go for it.

I borrowed my friend's car the other day in an attempt to pe

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.

I was terribly shy when I was growing up, I really wasn't co

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.

Lots of people there seemed to be in denial, in absolute den

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.

51st State was one that I loved doing because the character

51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!