When I first tried the American accent, for a moment I thought I could never be an actor because I just could not do it. But then I thought, 'Okay, it'll just be something that I work at until I get it.'
— Margot Robbie
I am unobservant.
I still have my agent back in Australia keeping an eye on things there, and we are trying to find the right job which will bring me home to shoot.
If I looked good in 'Wolf of Wall Street,' I cannot take full credit; it was because of the hair extensions and makeup.
I know that my look is more 'toothpaste model' as opposed to artsy, which sucks because I can play those roles.
I learned a lot about pain and suffering during 'Pan Am.' We had to wear very constricting period-correct girdles and bras. After that, I learned to read a script with an eye toward the undergarments.
I kind of like pony tails, beards, maybe a tattoo. My massive obsession - I'm really targeting a niche market here - a hair lip.
I have no concept of modesty anymore.
Being irrational and out of control is what happens in real life. Not cautiously choreographing your anger or your emotions, losing yourself in them is what happens in real life.
All your mannerisms change easily when you have inch-long acrylic nails.
I've got big, big dreams for the future.
There's nothing I dislike more than being in a photo shoot where they say, 'Be yourself.' That's not why I became an actress. That's what I find so funny: that you become an actor, and all of a sudden, everyone wants to know about you. But I didn't become an actor so I could show you me.
It's been helpful to have so many opportunities to look different so people stop pigeonholing you.
I was absolutely obsessed with the Titanic - not the film, the actual boat. I'd draw diagrams about it and theorise that if it was built in a different way, it wouldn't have sunk.
There are those who build careers and companies just out of being popular on Instagram, but there's nothing behind them.
I'd love them to have adorable little American accents, but I do want to bring my kids up in Australia; it's such a good lifestyle.
I just try to keep healthy more so than trying to be thin.
Something I realized when I moved to America: people get these general American accents, but when they get angry or upset or excited, their original accents come out. It's something I noticed with my manager, because he's from New York, and the first time he got angry, he suddenly had this accent.
I have been robbed a bunch of times. And now that I know how to pickpocket, I understand why I have been pickpocketed so many times.
People ask me all the time what it is about Australia that produces so many big stars. Honestly, I believe it is a combination of things. Our education standards are quite high, but our industry is very limited. Yet we're very aware of the industry - everyone goes to the theater, sees TV shows.
You should have seen me at 14, with braces and glasses, gangly and doing ballet!
People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile; it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.
It's not about being rich, but everyone back home has a pool. And I was a total water baby. My mom couldn't get me out - she'd put my dinner plate at the end of the pool, and I'd eat my meals in the water.
I live with three boys, and I can't tell you how hard it is to get your hands on toilet paper. They steal it.
Where I'm from on the Gold Coast, we say that there are a lot of 'cashed-up Bogans,' you know, people with no class but a lot of money.
I always wanted to play ice hockey back in Australia, I'm not sure why, but we didn't have any ice where I lived. It was very hot - a coastal town.
I'm not extravagant. I share my house in London with five roommates. I take the Tube. I intend to stay the exact same person I always was.
I'm one extreme or the other. I'm not good at doing moderation.
I'm not a massive 'Star Trek' fan.
To do all your own stunts, you have to be so strong.
I'm definitely looking forward to doing a film one day with more female actors.
Obviously social media has had a massive impact on the fame game, but not in a positive way. But it can be for some.
If someone's gonna pick between me and Emma Stone, they're gonna pick Emma Stone.
When you look at movies, the lead girl is always gorgeous and thin. There is a stereotype that you need to look a certain way and when you get in the business you really feel the pressure.
If there aren't roles you want to play, then you've kind of got to create them.
That's precisely what we do as actors: try to convince the audience we are somebody else. And if you can do that, you are really doing something.
My mother's family raised grains and crops. My father's grew sugarcane and mangos. So I knew more about the basics of farming than of acting.
I really want to do a Western. I want to be the dude who is riding horses and doing exciting things - something where I get to do something physical and have to train for it. I don't want to be the damsel.
I made a conscious decision not to date actors.
I now know how to steal a watch when someone's wearing it. It's an excellent talent to have.
I gravitate towards monochromes. I always sort of either wear white or black or cream. I really like wearing colorful things as well, but I'm a sucker for cream-colored.
People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.
I get miserable if I don't eat.
In my big group of girlfriends at home, I am definitely not the best looking. I did not grow up feeling like I was particularly attractive.
I don't have a very good diet.
As much as I'd only like to concentrate on the creative side of acting, the whole business in general is just that - a business - and you have to do your homework if you want to be successful.
It's almost impossible to get a movie all together when there are two main cast members, let alone an ensemble cast with everyone's schedules. It's crazy if it works out.
I kind of feel like every time I do a film, it is me and an entire male ensemble cast.
Even I admit I may have peaked too soon.
Everyone's like, 'overnight sensation.' It's not overnight. It's years of hard work.
