You don't have to be scared of what other people are thinking. You don't need to feel judged by other people.

I have a dog and a cat, and they are best friends.

You just have to find the people that you love, and surround yourself with them.

'Harry Potter' is the first book that ever got me into reading. I had to read it in year 7, for school, and then I kept reading all of them.

I will never stop being excited about 'Harry Potter.'

I love tinted moisturiser. I feel like I'm wearing nothing when I'm wearing it, which is how I like to feel, but it still provides me with coverage - and it's got sunscreen in it, so I'm not worried about getting burnt.

If you make one person happy, there you go - you did your job.

When Sundance happened, it felt insane and not like reality at all.

Everyone goes through that time in their life when they're trying to figure out who they are, find their own purpose and their own way.

I remember loving 'Hairspray.' I was obsessed with it, and I didn't realise why. I felt so connected to it at the time because there wasn't any other kind of representation. So when it happens, you think, 'wow, I really connect with this movie. Why is that? Maybe it's because there's a girl like me up there on the screen.'

I just got to do a challenging scene with Jennifer Aniston! That's unreal to me.

I had a talk with Frances McDormand, actually, right before I did my first lead in a film, and that was really amazing.

When I first watched '8 Mile,' it was amazing. It got me. I loved it.

I love acting, and I'm going to continue doing that.

When I was in Australia, I had three different agents in three different years, and I didn't have one audition. They were good agents; I just never had one audition that was the right stuff.

I actually got a visa through a job that fell through, and it allowed me to move out here and start from scratch. There's more opportunity in America for girls like me, I guess.

There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.

It's kind of amazing to see that progress happens over time.

I wanted to act; wherever that was, I was happy. It just happened to be in America for me.

I've never actually played an Australian or worked in Australia. I really want to change that. I really want to work here - that would be great.

I came out to America just before I turned 19, got my first audition, and booked it.

I think, in Australia, it's kind of a crazy thing to say, 'I want to be an actor.' People look at you weirdly. And when I said I was moving to L.A., I remember people saying, 'No, you shouldn't. You'll just come back disappointed.'

People in big studios are like, 'People want to see other people who are skinny and happy and amazing.' But I think, nowadays, they are realising that what sells is real people from all different backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures and size. People want to see themselves represented on screen, and it's a real cool thing for everyone.

People are always going to tell you to lose weight, and they tell you how they feel about it. There are pressures always to be a certain weight, but you have to be who you are. And if you want to change, you have got to do it for you and not for what people want you to be.

I would love to live in a world that is purely equal, where everyone has equal opportunities in every way. But that is not reality.

I like Macklemore.

Kendrick is phenomenal. I've never tried and practiced a song that was as hard as when I practiced Kendrick's verse on 'Control.' He's a genius. I think that people do recognize it.

I'm pretty boring in my real life.

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

'Priscilla' was made in 1994, and I think it was kind of daring for its time.

I think everyone kinda feels a little out place sometimes.

When you take on new roles that you don't feel comfortable with, that require you having skills you don't have, it's terrifying.

I've been lucky enough to play lots of real women - flawed, strong, independent women - and I love it.

I love Octavia Spencer. I love what she has to say as a human, and I love her career and the variety of characters she has played.

I want to play characters that people relate to, characters that make different kinds of women in society feel represented.

Actually, for me, it's really funny because I play characters with mommy issues more than anything, and I have a great relationship with my mom!

I'm very lucky with my family. They've always been very encouraging, and they never thought that anything would hold me back. I'm very fortunate to have had that.

I've seen a bunch of movies about pageants, and I know in general how they work.

It's okay to be you and okay to be who you are and okay to love and accept yourself.

Because I don't look like most lead actresses look, I was told that I shouldn't even come to America. That I shouldn't even try! I think that's ridiculous.

I'm a realist - yes, I know: darn, I'm unlikely to have a love scene with Chris Hemsworth anytime soon, if ever. But I also believe that persistence and hard work pays off.

None of my family is in the industry. But I watched movies like an insane person when I was a child. I used to make my dad stop at the video store every time we drove past it, and you had to drive past the video store to get to our house.

I think you have to try and fail a little bit, because you learn how badly you want it.

I grew up in Sydney, Australia, and I started doing acting classes when I was in eighth grade.

It definitely took me a while to adjust to L.A. I came out knowing nobody, and I'd never lived away from home before.

Not everybody gets to travel halfway around the world to see a whole different perspective. If we can see that on TV, we'll know that society is bigger than the small world we all live in.

I think confidence comes with age and experience, honestly.

I can't sing.

It's just so hard growing up: you go through things, especially acting - I go to a different set every couple of months, and you meet an entirely new group of people that are around you 24/7. It's not an easy situation to go into when you're a shy person.

There aren't plus-sized teens represented in film who aren't made the butt of a joke.