I'd always dreamt of acting but, in Adelaide, we don't have exposure to the opportunities that make stardom a possibility.
Teresa PalmerI 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.
Teresa PalmerI feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.
Teresa PalmerI 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.
Teresa PalmerWhen I did my first film I kind of fell into it. I got cast in this movie called 2:37... the director, Murali K Thalluri, basically saw me and said: "I'm going to put you in this movie." And that week I felt like a void had been filled. I was so in my element. I was thrown in at the deep end.
Teresa Palmer