It's censorship, really. I don't see why it's not okay for somebody under the age of 17 watch someone smoking when they can watch someone have their …

- Emily Mortimer

The thing I miss about L.A. is time. I feel like I had much more time there, partly because no one is ever really doing anything.

- Emily Mortimer

I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em…

- Emily Mortimer

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wrack…

- Emily Mortimer

In my first few years as an actor, I took one terrible TV job after another. But even as I laughed off my awful roles and made fun of myself to frien…

- Emily Mortimer

The harder the circumstances under which you're making a movie, generally the better the friends you make. You're far away from home and so you're ki…

- Emily Mortimer

You don't have to be brilliant at everything. You just have to have the courage to put yourself in the line of fire.

- Emily Mortimer

It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.

- Emily Mortimer

I'm an optimist by nature, myself, I think.

- Emily Mortimer