With skin and beauty, it always starts from within. So I try to eat very healthy.
A magician pulls a rabbit from a hat, and actors pull truth from fiction.
I really wanted to go Russia. I'm really interested in Russian history, so I'd like to go and put a face to what I've read.
If I'm having a stressful day, I can look at the sky and feel centered again and realize I'm just a tiny little dot in this whole universe and that, actually, everything's going to be just fine.
I was very girly growing up; I loved pink and doing my makeup and doing my hair and painting my nails.
I remember putting mascara on when I was 13 for the first time and going to the shop to buy a chocolate bar. I felt so exposed. I remember wearing a bra for the first time and feeling very exposed by that.
When I finish a film, I want to feel drained. I want to feel like I couldn't have possibly done any more to service a character and a story.
I don't think optimism is always the best quality for an actor, in the same way you wouldn't want a super-optimist to be a traffic controller - you want a guy that's really worried about every plane in the sky!
My only goal is to be the best actress I can be. You have to give it everything. All I have as an actress is the revelation of my soul.
My first memories are of Brazil. There's so much music there. It's one of my favourite places in the world.
Those are my favorite kinds of movies, where the plots are quite small and character-driven.
I don't think about my look that much, to be honest. It's what I've always known, it's what I've grown up with, and I wouldn't ever want to step too far away from my most authentic self.
It's not the actor's job to be interesting; that's the script's job. It's our job to be truthful and brave.
I was a massive fan of Amy Winehouse growing up. I decided it would be a good idea to become Amy Winehouse with the beehive and ballet shoes. Six months into that, I looked into the mirror and decided I'd better be Mia.
I like to run. I think it's good, you can do it anywhere, you don't a gym, I just think it's really easy to do.
When I was ten, I went to seven schools in one year in Nova Scotia. Me and my mum moved there so that I could be closer to my dad, who is an ice-truck driver, but it didn't work out.
I want to be a woman who has a little bit more figured out, who doesn't have so many doubts.
Auditioning is like boxing: It keeps me hungry and intense, whether I get the part or not.
I see myself as a professional feeler.
So often, in films, there are two ways a female can be portrayed: either innocent and virginal or the complete opposite.
