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• I tend to spiral out of control if I’m not working. I get panicked and don’t know what to do with myself.

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• There’s a lot of intensity when you’re on a set. And then it just goes away and no one’s giving you attention or flooding you with compliments.

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• The physical environment of L.A. is really beautiful. It’s actually kinda fun, too, if you’re working. It’s just not really fun if you’re not working and you don’t know anybody.

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• My parents were so relaxed by the time I was growing up that I got away with a lot more.

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

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• I’m the youngest of four, and I’m always the clown – making the jokes, wanting attention.

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

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• I used to go to rave parties, too, but I was never savvy with techno.

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• I think its important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

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• I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

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• I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.

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• 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.

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• Art, a book, a painting, a song, can definitely inspire change, whether it’s a small change or a big change but you know there’s novels I’ve read or a scene in a film that I’ve seen where I definitely inspired something and made a change or addressed an issue in my life or done something cliche like make a phone call.

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• At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in.

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• All forms of contact are good: letters, parcels, e-mails – I’ve been trying to get a Webcam for my computer, but I’m such a Luddite.

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• Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.

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• I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

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• The British are so funny. It’s like they can’t believe I lived in Hackney. ‘You could live in Bondi Beach. Why would you want to live in ‘Ackney?’ But Hackney’s fantastic. I’m serious. There are so many artists there. I loved the markets, the parks, the pubs, the diversity. It was a cultural melting-pot.

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• I often do very serious roles, but really I am a big clown.

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• I’m ambitious but I’m not particularly competitive. I’ll try to get roles, as I think it’s healthy to go for things, but… I think there’s too much competition between women already. It’s important to have female solidarity and support each other and other actresses.

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Rose Byrne (25)

Birth:	24th July, 1979
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Actress

About

Mary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress. Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll. In 2000, she played a leading role in the Australian film The Goddess of 1967, which brought her a Venice Film Festival award for Best Actress.

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