Melissa George Quotes

Australia, Actress
August 6, 1976

Melissa Suzanne George is an Australian-American actress. A former national rollerskating champion and model, George began her acting career playing Angel Parrish on the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1993–96). After moving to the United States, George made her big-screen debut in 1998 in the neo-noir/science fiction film Dark City. She later appeared in Steven Soderbergh's The Limey (1999), David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001), Sugar & Spice (2001), and Down with Love (2003).

If I wasn't acting, I think I would like to do interior design. Yeah, because you know, with the Balinese background, and being there and buying furniture, stuff like that. I love to do-up our home, so I would be an interior decorator, for sure.

Melissa George
You never know what you're in for when you take a role. When you're reading the script, you're in some café in New York and you're loving life and it sounds great because it's like reading a book. When you step into that book and you actually have to play it out, for real, it's a totally different ball game.

Melissa George
- Different
- Reading
- Games

From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too.

Melissa George
My background is Scottish.

Melissa George
- Backgrounds
- Scottish
Sometimes I take a movie selfishly because it's a female lead.

Melissa George
- Sometimes
- Female
- Lead
Jennifer Garner and I are very close.

Melissa George
- Close
- Jennifer
I'm very focused when I'm making a movie, but I'm also a fantastic multitasker.

Melissa George
- Focused
- Fantastic
Everytime I get offered theatre I get offered a film role too.

Melissa George
- Theatre
- Roles

The great thing about film is you start and finish. It's a journey that lasts so long, TV lasts a long time.

Melissa George
- Long
- Things
- Journey
You've got to pick your roles really carefully. It's a lot more fun to play a layered woman, than just someone where what you see is what you get, by far.

Melissa George
- Fun
- Play
- Roles
I like to play different ranges. When you get really deeply involved in the emotional parts, I enjoy that just as much as the fun and laughter.

Melissa George
- Different
- Play
- Emotional