Quotes

Random quotes by Anita Briem

  1. On Iceland – “I try to show everybody Iceland all the time. My people are like, “Don’t tell everybody the secret. It’s so peaceful and beautiful here!” It’s incredible; I go home and drive across country, and go to my mom’s place and it’s dark with the Northern Lights, and I like to sit in some hot springs.”
  2. On plans to do any stage – “I love the theater; the theater sort of raised me. So I’m quite sure I will go back to the theater. Right now I’m sort of captured in the all-consuming, fantastical world of movies.”
  3. On living in Los Angeles – “People ask me, “What is it like?” with a negative tone. But for me, I’m surrounded by the most talented and passionate people in the industry.”
  4. On her role in Journey to the Center of the Earth – “I must have auditioned for this movie at least 25 times. This was a 4-month process. I have to check my sources on this but, I think I beat out Cameron Diaz’s record for how many times she auditioned for “The Mask,” with how many times I auditioned for this movie.”

What Anita has said about her co-stars

  1. About working with Brendan Fraser – “It was wonderful. He’s a sweetheart and a gentleman. He has a lot of experience in this field with action but in a lot of ways we were all learning at the same time because it really is a new visual medium altogether. So we were all kind of discovering this world together. It was wonderful.”