Abbie Cornish's Quotes

To be honest, I enjoy all different types of films and experiences.

I didn't actually know what a vegetarian was until I was 13 years old. I know in this day and age it's hard to believe that, but I think because I grew up on a farm, I wasn't indulged in magazines, newspapers, Internet, television. And so, for some reason, I was never exposed to what a vegetarian was.

I got into DJing and making beats when I was about 17. I was always fascinated by the four elements of hip-hop: you know, writing, rhyming, breakdancing and graffiti.

When I step into a character's shoes, I don't judge them. I make a conscious effort not to look from the outside in but look from the inside out, and when you do that it allows you to feel and sense things more, and act and react from a core, you know?

When I was a teenager, me and a couple of my friends entered a couple of modeling competitions just for fun, and one of those got me an agent in Sydney.

Whenever I am acting, it's everything, you know. If I'm researching a role, I'm completely consumed in that and, between action and cut, I live in this suspended time.

Something I've noticed as I get older is that I do think about the future more. It's all positive thinking.

I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each other, but they're not in love with each other. And I think as a child it's much better for your parents to split than for them to stay and have dysfunction within the family.

I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice. But at the same time, I appreciate and respect other people's decisions to eat meat. The only thing that I hope is that people are educated, that they're aware, that they're living a conscious lifestyle.

A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.

Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.

I didn't go to the cinemas a lot as a kid.

I don't see the point in working just to be working.

I had an amazing childhood.

I live a normal life.

I love love stories, no matter how dark.

I play the keyboard, piano - I like making beats.

I think it's really important to live in the moment.

I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff.

I'm a bit hyperactive as an actor, I like to keep moving.

I'm a fan of Bradley Cooper's.

I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

I'm one of five kids and we lived on a massive farm in New South Wales with my mum and dad.

I'm portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.

I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

I'm very passionate.