When I was ten, I went to seven schools in one year in Nova Scotia. Me and my mum moved there so that I could be closer to my dad, who is an ice-truck driver, but it didn't work out.Collection: Work
If I had not become an actress, I would be a journalist or a psychologist: I like to analyze the mind and be involved in political moments that change history.Collection: History
When I'm in Brazil, I'm not Brazilian at all; I am a gringo. And then when I'm in England, I'm not really English, but when I lived in Canada, I was considered too English. So I never really felt like I clicked somewhere or that I belonged to one place.
If I'm having a stressful day, I can look at the sky and feel centered again and realize I'm just a tiny little dot in this whole universe and that, actually, everything's going to be just fine.
My name is actually Mia Gypsy - my mum said she named me that because of everywhere I'm from. She felt that I'd always be roaming from place to place, and I've always felt like that.
I don't think about my look that much, to be honest. It's what I've always known, it's what I've grown up with, and I wouldn't ever want to step too far away from my most authentic self.
I was very girly growing up; I loved pink and doing my makeup and doing my hair and painting my nails.
So often, in films, there are two ways a female can be portrayed: either innocent and virginal or the complete opposite.
When I finish a film, I want to feel drained. I want to feel like I couldn't have possibly done any more to service a character and a story.
A lot of people get pigeonholed because it makes it easier to understand them - or assume you understand them. I think the way you break away from that is by constantly doing different jobs.
It's not the actor's job to be interesting; that's the script's job. It's our job to be truthful and brave.
I love working with Prada, I would do it all the time if I could. Working with them is like working on a film: it is very collaborative.
I'm all for art-house foreign directors - I think they make terrific films - and I'm also for the bigger budget movies. It just depends on what the character is, the director, the script.
I think any actor, if they had the choice, would opt for challenging roles that test their capabilities.
If people remember me for any scene in a Lars von Trier film, I'm extremely honoured and forever grateful.
Blush is really fresh and young, really invigorating. I like it more than bronzer. I think it's just a bit more lively.
For the most part, I don't do anything to my brows. They aren't bleached, just naturally light. Maybe when I was a little kid, I thought they were strange, but I realized as I got older, the things that make you different are the things that are special about you.
Being an actor is a nomadic profession, and I just try to feel at home wherever I am at that moment.
I think the world is kind of catching on that gender roles aren't so necessary and becoming a lot less defined and starting to become a lot more about the individual and character of that person.
I like to run. I think it's good, you can do it anywhere, you don't a gym, I just think it's really easy to do.
I really wanted to go Russia. I'm really interested in Russian history, so I'd like to go and put a face to what I've read.
My only goal is to be the best actress I can be. You have to give it everything. All I have as an actress is the revelation of my soul.
I don't think optimism is always the best quality for an actor, in the same way you wouldn't want a super-optimist to be a traffic controller - you want a guy that's really worried about every plane in the sky!
I was a massive fan of Amy Winehouse growing up. I decided it would be a good idea to become Amy Winehouse with the beehive and ballet shoes. Six months into that, I looked into the mirror and decided I'd better be Mia.
I remember putting mascara on when I was 13 for the first time and going to the shop to buy a chocolate bar. I felt so exposed. I remember wearing a bra for the first time and feeling very exposed by that.
I never had a proper modeling career. It was not something I succeeded in. Once I started acting, that's when the fashion world kind of embraced me.
I want to seem completely bare. Especially when I'm reading for a role. I want to reveal myself in the audition room. That's where I'm happiest.