Teresa Palmer quotes:

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.

I love zombie films like Danny Boyle's '28 Days Later' - I thought it was so brilliantly done and so grounded in reality. I was definitely thrust into the zombie world watching that film.

I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. I'd spend a quiet week with my mum, then I'd go to my dad's property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around.

I was so dorky up until I was about 14 or 15 and started to get a little bit cooler, but I was a socks and sandals girl. I would wear big frilly socks with sandals and all the kids would tease me.

I came from rather humble beginnings.

I love to challenge myself.

Life is way too short to be focused on scales, weight and cellulite. If you can look in the mirror and know that you're a beautiful, loving, friendly person who's good to people, that'll ultimately make you shine on the outside.

My parents don't really watch movies at all.

I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.

I haven't met everyone from all different cultures, but I do know Aussies are very tough.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

I think Aussies try to stay humble.

I'm a workaholic, I always try to fill my time with projects.

I think, for me anyway, music and film is where you can really transport yourself to another universe.

I'm very much into animal welfare.

I was thrown in the deep end at 18 when I got cast in a movie that I didn't audition for. The director just sort of found me and put me in a film, so the decision was really made for me.

I try to get back to Australia as much as possible.

If you're being true to who you are, and the things you believe in, that is so attractive to me.

The nerds are my favourite sort of boys - any guy with a passion - whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it's super sweet and it's very attractive for a female.

There aren't a lot of movie star males around my age that I can play opposite.

As actors we give so much of ourselves away so I like to keep my personal life to myself.

As a producer you have creative control, and that's what is so exciting about it. At the end of the day, if you have made a film it's totally your responsibility, and if it works it's your responsibility and if it doesn't it's also your responsibility.

I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I've become successful, so that's nice, but there's still so much I want to achieve in my life.

I can walk around relatively anonymously.

I always have those feelings - lucky and blessed - and I don't know if they'll ever go away. I really hope they don't, as I think it keeps you grounded. That's how I feel about every film I do.

I can't speak for anyone else, but in my case, I sort of fell into acting.

I do like fantasy films.

I have to not take myself too seriously and I have to realise that if it is meant to be, it will be.

I love being able to help and encourage my friends and I try to inspire them as they do me.

If you are having fun on screen, it shows.

I'm a sucker for, like, an endearing man who's like standing in his authentic self.

In real life, I'm always in tracksuits, and I never wear makeup.

I've been incredibly blessed.

Kids are really cruel.

Obviously I don't have a stylist for everyday stuff, but for a premiere or something usually the studio will hire someone.