Penelope Mitchell
Penelope Mitchell
Penelope Mitchellis an Australian actress best known for playing the role of Letha Godfrey on the American horror television series Hemlock Grove and Liv Parker on The Vampire Diaries...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth23 July 1991
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
Penelope Mitchell quotes about
smart weekend night
Personally, I know the lifestyle I lead is really busy. If I want to watch an entire series of something, it usually has to be in one weekend. I'll dedicate two days to it because it's not the kind of thing I can come back to, every night. I think this is a really smart format.
netflix restriction great-things
One of the great things about working for Netflix is that they haven't placed any restrictions on content or artistically.
teenager trying emotion
When you're teenager, your hormones and your emotions are so tumultuous and so unpredictable. You're just trying to understand yourself.
self nerd serious
I'm a self-confessed genre nerd. I'm a very serious actor, but a genre nerd, all the same.
wind careers ideas
I uprooted my life from Australia and came over to America with the idea of pursuing my acting career. I wasn't really sure where I would end up. I threw caution to the wind.
close despair felt introduced nails poets quite urban
T.S. Eliot was one of the first poets introduced to me when I started studying literature and has felt like a close friend ever since. No one nails urban despair quite like Eliot.
affected belong communication definitely felt integral involved life people though
Even though I was manically overachieving and involved in everything, I still never felt like I belonged. That's definitely affected my whole life and why I wanted to become an actor and tell people stories, because communication and feeling like you belong is such an integral part of our social fabric.
course evenings outside realized school
At the end of my first year, I realized I wanted to do more drama, so I actually started an extracurricular course outside of university. So I was at school all day writing, and in the evenings I'd go to drama school. So it was nonstop.
noticed ran signed
My first year of university, I ran around and signed up for these clubs, and I noticed they were all drama clubs: really lame, artsy things.
since super warm worn
Ever since I can remember, I've worn big black boots. They are super warm and get me where I need to go.
almost element human life
I think that film combines almost every element that makes human life worth living.
art autonomous fills grew maybe painted paying people reminds street walls
Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me with optimism; it's autonomous and democratic, and reminds me that maybe people are paying attention after all.