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Quote by Emily Mortimer
So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtu

So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I havent realised. – Emily Mortimer

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Im still shy – Im no good at my childrens parent-teacher conferences, and Im slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. Theres nothing that Im too scared to have a go at. – Emily Mortimer

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My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children theyre beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends. – Emily Mortimer

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51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. Im afraid I could never be that cool in real life! – Emily Mortimer

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