Latest Mackenzie Davis Quotes from Interviews

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• I feel really comfortable when the camera is rolling. I feel less comfortable in the moments before and after, like, "Okay, where do I sit now?" I find the social aspect of being on a project ... it's just a lot. There are so many new people, and it's a lot of introducing the most charming, most engaging, funniest version of yourself to, essentially, a bunch of strangers you already know too many details about.

  Mackenzie Davis

  People, Stranger, Moments

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• It's pretty rare that I watch a movie now without seeing the script in a way that I hate, where I can see the stage directions and the choices that the actors are making.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Hate, Choices, I Hate

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• A weird thing about being an actress is that shooting movies doesn't feel like watching movies. It feels like being in a warehouse.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• You can make a beautiful, airtight world that's fascinating to look at, but it's not interesting unless you have a character that's trying to achieve something under the circumstances of that world. It's harder to play a wacky girlfriend whose journey you just don't understand.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Beautiful, Girlfriend, Character

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm always down to chill with people. I'm so happy to have a conversation. But, yeah, I feel like if you're always exposing yourself, if you're always engaging with social media, then you no longer have the right to say no. And I want to retain that right, for as long as I can.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Long, People, Social Media

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• When I was younger, I wanted to guard myself against criticism, so I did so much more work than was needed. Now, though, it's sometimes better to understand something intuitively than have to dig your way into a character.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Character, Criticism, Sometimes

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• One of the reasons I don't do social media is that I like the feeling that if somebody asks me for a picture on the street, I don't have to say yes.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Feelings, Social Media, Reason

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I don't want to be precious or weird . It's lovely to be recognized by people who like your work, and it's not as if I've done a Marvel movie. People say that with great power comes great responsibility, but it's more like shitty things will happen if you take certain jobs.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Responsibility, People, Lovely

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think there are times when you're jamming with the universe, and other times when it feels like no matter how hard I work, no matter how good a person I am, I will always be punished for being mediocre.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Thinking, Being Me, Mediocre

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Nobody knows the world of emotion I'm inhabiting right now.

  Mackenzie Davis

  World, Emotion, Nobody Knows

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I went to Europe and, as I've been told, ate my way out of a career.

  Mackenzie Davis

  My Way

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Acting was always something I pursued by myself. When we were in college, I took an acting class that I was so passionate about and devoted to, but I went to it privately and never really spoke about it. I'd have these ecstatic experiences in, like, a church basement and then never talk about it with other people.

  Mackenzie Davis

  College, People, Church

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My good friend once said, "You guys think you're the stars in your own movie."

  Mackenzie Davis

  Good Friend, Thinking, Guy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• It's a hard thing to explain to other people because it sounds very superficial and nepotistic, but doing the interview is actually a very deep, dream-fulfilling aspect of relationship.

  Mackenzie Davis

  People, Superficial, Very Deep

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Actresses are required to perform the epitome of a certain type of femininity.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Actresses, Type, Epitome

  Source: collider.com