"My dad had this philosophy that if you……" — Emily Mortimer
"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."
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40 Quotes by Emily Mortimer
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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…
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I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of…
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You don't have to be brilliant at everything. You just have to have the courage to put yourself in the…
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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…
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I already feel a bit annoyed at myself for writing screenplays. It's a bit, I don't know, model-singer-dancer-actress that went…
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I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount…
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I'm just happy to be a film where for once I don't have to worry about my hair, because my…
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I am a good mother and I feel proud about it.
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on…
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Breakfast is my favorite meal. I cook a big one for everyone - bacon and eggs. I own a lot…
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Doing press is like eating at McDonald's: while it's going on it's vaguely enjoyable - you're seduced by your own…
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I decided to give acting a serious, committed try, and soon after, I read the script for 'Lovely and Amazing.'…
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