Teresa Palmer Quotes

• I was so dorky up until I was about 14 or 15 and started to get a little bit cooler, but I was a socks and sandals girl. I would wear big frilly socks with sandals and all the kids would tease me.

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• I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing – we are quite self-deprecating, we’re light-hearted and can have a laugh.

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• As a producer you have creative control, and that’s what is so exciting about it. At the end of the day, if you have made a film it’s totally your responsibility, and if it works it’s your responsibility and if it doesn’t it’s also your responsibility.

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• I was thrown in the deep end at 18 when I got cast in a movie that I didn’t audition for. The director just sort of found me and put me in a film, so the decision was really made for me.

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• I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I’d spend a quiet week with my mum, then I’d go to my dad’s property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

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• I always have those feelings – lucky and blessed – and I don’t know if they’ll ever go away. I really hope they don’t, as I think it keeps you grounded. That’s how I feel about every film I do.

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• I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I’ve become successful, so that’s nice, but there’s still so much I want to achieve in my life.

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• I love zombie films like Danny Boyle’s ’28 Days Later’ – I thought it was so brilliantly done and so grounded in reality. I was definitely thrust into the zombie world watching that film.

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• There aren’t a lot of movie star males around my age that I can play opposite.

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• Obviously I don’t have a stylist for everyday stuff, but for a premiere or something usually the studio will hire someone.

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• If you are having fun on screen, it shows.

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• I’ve been incredibly blessed.

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• I’m very much into animal welfare.

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• I’d always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don’t have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.

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• I try to get back to Australia as much as possible.

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• I think Aussies try to stay humble.

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• I haven’t met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

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• I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

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• I do like fantasy films.

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• I can’t speak for anyone else, but in my case, I sort of fell into acting.

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Teresa Palmer (29)

Birth:	26th February, 1986
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Actress, Model

About

Teresa Mary Palmer is an Australian actress. She made her film debut in the suicide drama 2:37. Palmer was seen in The Grudge 2 in 2006, in December Boys, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, and in the 2008 children's fantasy Bedtime Stories, with Adam Sandler. She appeared in The Sorcerer's Apprentice in 2010, with Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel, and her films in 2011 include a turn as an alien in the sci-fi film I Am Number Four, and playing Topher Grace's love interest in Take Me Home Tonight.

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