Melissa George Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I don't know, I think people who meet me just get pretty much what I am.

I hardly knew anything when I first arrived. I had to learn how to act as I went along. After about a year I got a grip on what acting was all about and it started coming straight from my heart; I wasn't just saying the words any longer.

I think Australians do well here because we feel a bit naughty, like we're in America and if they only knew how much fun we were having, we'd all get thrown out, you know.

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

Trivia

Stepdaughter, Martina, born 1995.

Was an Australian national champion in rollerskating. She won bronze medals in the National Championships in 1989 and 1990 and a silver medal at the Junior World Championship in 1991.

Dropped out of high school at age 16.

Best friends with Rachel Blanchard.

Met her future husband Claudio on June 20, 1998 in Bali

Husband Claudio is Chilean

Named Western Australia's teenage model of the year (1992)

Studied in Warnick Senior High School.

She's the second of four children.

Parents: Pamela and Glenn George.

She has two sisters named Marnie and Kate and one brother named Brett.