Katie Quotes

[on acting] “I wouldn’t want to be in a film because I’m Asian. I want to get respect as an actress.”

[on hate sites regarding her and her role in Harry Potter] “This kind of stuff is inevitable because Dan has so many female fans – millions of them – so I’m nor surprised some of them don’t like me. But I don’t think it’s all based on jealousy. I’m not going to satisfy everyone’s preconceptions of Cho.”

[on playing Cho] “If this turns out to be my only film then I think it would be pretty cool to be known as Harry Potter’s first crush.”

“I was so nervous. I got to meet the director when I was doing the drama workshop, and it was just like ‘Wow. I can’t believe I’m here.’ I didn’t really take anything in until after I got the part. I was like ‘I can’t believe it.’

“When I was in my early teens, I wasn’t very confident. In fact, before getting the part in the film, I’d say I was shy, especially at school. I’d never acted before, but being in front of the camera has really brought me out of myself.”

“I think it’s great that I come from Scotland and there are so few stars from there but then I don’t consider myself celebrity material. I think the fact that I came from Scotland helped me get the part as they were surrounded by girls who were from England, so my Scottish accent stood out.”

“I think you just have to be able to live two different lifestyles. On one hand you have to concentrate on your studies yet when you’re acting you have to be a completely different person. You really have to focus. I think the most important thing is to not let it get to your head. And don’t get easily influenced by anything.”

“I don’t think it was jealousy. Because the character is based a lot on image, there are so many Harry Potter fans in the world with so many different perceptions of Cho, I guess you can’t satisfy everyone. I haven’t seen any of that stuff so haven’t experienced that negativity. It really hasn’t affected me at all. If it was another girl, I would feel sorry for her but it’s me and it hasn’t affected me at all.”

“It was like a crazy dream, being on set, meeting all these famous people, I was so starstruck.”

“I’ve done some dancing but that’s it.I felt pretty confident but that was only because I was treating the auditions as a bit of fun. I’m not the kind of girl who’s always dreamed of being an actress. I’m the shy type, really. At school I could go without talking to anyone for, I don’t know, days and days. I was so shy it was unbelievable and it never occurred to me that I could get into this business. I always assumed it was only for really confident people.”

“I always had a problem with shyness at school and would never stick my hand up in class if I was stuck at something. I didn’t want to be the centre of attention, all those eyes looking at me would have made me really nervous. I guess actresses use that adrenalin and it makes them do it better. Does that sound really stupid?”

“When I met Mike Newell he asked me what drama school I went to, and I told him that I’d never acted before. He said ‘flipping monkeys’, which I clearly remember. That’s when I realized I had a chance of getting it.”

“If I was writing the next book, I’d definitely make her a nicer person than she was in the fifth book. She gets kind of annoying, and she cries all the time. I definitely would make her more likable. “

“I didn’t really know what kind of character Cho would be until after I had got the part.The books are really hard to put down. So I started to read the fourth one and then got to know what she was like.”

“During the scene of the Yule Ball, the ground was very slippery and I was wearing high heels and I slipped but good thing I grabbed onto Robert so I didn’t fall and good thing the cameras weren’t where we were yet. Oh, that was so embarrassing!”

“I always had a problem with shyness at school and would never stick my hand up in class if I was stuck at something. I didn’t want to be the center of attention, all those eyes looking at me would have made me really nervous. I guess actresses use that adrenalin and it makes them do it better. Does that sound really stupid?”

[on being friends with the cast members] “All the girls bonded together and then there were the boys. Girls like to gossip. I am good friends with all the new cast as well because we are all new here.”

[on playing Cho] “When I got the part I wasn’t allowed to say anything about it to my friends until it was official. I had to wait three months, which was really hard. Then when I finally told them, they couldn’t believe it. They are really supportive and proud of me.”

[on Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire] “My favorite scene is probably the ball because we got to dress up, put on make-up and get our hair put up and everything. But the whole acting process has been really magical with this film and it’s like a dream come true when you walk on to one of the sets.”

“If I had one magical power I think it would be to read boys’ minds.”

[on Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire] “I really liked the owls. I got to work with some owls in the film. I think they’re really intelligent animals, and they’re really cute as well. It definitely would be cool to have an owl as a pet.”

“I definitely want to carry on with acting, but I don’t want to rely on it. So maybe after school I am going to apply to university or art school because I like art.”

[on playing Cho] “Cho Chang is a girly girl. She likes skirts and I am much more of a tomboy. I like trousers and jeans, whatever is comfortable.”

[On the auditioning process] “Someone told me, don’t look into the mirrors, there are people on the other side watching you. So while the other girls were slapping on the make-up and fixing their hair in the mirrors, I just stood there.”

[On acting as a career] “You can’t be picky as an actress. It’s a very unstable sort of career.”

[What she would do if she were Queen] “Er, I said I would make everyone ride bikes in London. Drivers are mental.”

[On fame] “I don’t want to let it all go to my head,” she explains, rather anxiously. “I’ve told my friends, ‘If you find I’ve changed when I come back to Scotland, slap me.’ “

Source: IMDB.com, Native

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