Rose Byrne

Australia is my emotional home, but New York is my second home. I feel like myself in the city, and that's all you want from a place. It's an achievement to have found that. But we Australians are wandering people, aren't we?

I was very, very shy when I was little. Acting lets you access all those different parts of yourself to make the character authentic.

Films are like a house of cards. You think about doing something and so you sow those seeds. But it can take a long time to grow. You have to look at the bigger picture, because it's an ever-changing landscape.

Do everything, try everything. All work is noble, and each job is a valid experience.

They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach.

I've already started saying that I'm 30 when I'm still 29. That way, I'm already there.

I still stand by Annie, you know. It's a film with a great role model for young kids from all walks of life, who are able to see Annie and see someone who looks like themselves. Like everything, it's not for everyone.

There's always going to be backlash and vitriol and haters. But that's just the Internet. You don't really read much positive stuff. It's really just for people to vent. It's just noise.

I've had some pretty good experiences with everything, even if the film doesn't always work.

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.