Mia Goth

Goth in 2025

Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth (born 25 October 1993) is a British actress and model. She is known for films such as Nymphomaniac, A Cure for Wellness, Suspiria, Emma, and the X film series, through which she gained recognition as a modern scream queen.

Quotes

Goth in 2023

• You have to be fierce as an actor. 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.
  • "Mia Goth". Interview Magazine. 20 September 2015.

• So often in films there are two ways a female can be portrayed: either innocent and virginal or the complete opposite. You never have the middle ground, and I was really keen to portray a realistic, honest approach of who I think a young woman would be in this situation – strong and independent.
  • "Mia Goth: ‘I’m always scared of feeling like a fake’". The Guardian. 8 February 2016.

• It was a good 10 hours in the makeup chair, and then I’d go and do a 12-hour day on set, and the makeup artist, Sarah Rubano, who was incredible, would constantly be touching me up and making sure my contacts were all right and all those sorts of things.
  • On her prosthetic makeup for Pearl, Gingold, Michael (14 April 2022). "Exclusive Interview: Mia Goth and Brittany Snow Get Into the Skin of "X"". Rue Morgue.

• Acting is the only thing I do, the only thing I know. It’s a marathon for me. There is a lot of thought that goes into the choices I make as an actor and the films I decide to do. It’s important to fill up your life with varied experiences, then return to set, a sacred place to release and reveal. Each time I’m cast, it feels like a miracle, and I prepare as if it might be my last role—an energy that makes me work harder and be more present on set.
  • "Mia Goth Tells Kid Cudi Why She Wants Every Role to Feel Like Her Last". Vanity Fair. 14 February 2023.

• I would wake up very early, put my phone on a timer for maybe an hour at a time, and write in the style of a stream of consciousness, rather than script form, because I found that to be an obstacle in me getting my ideas down. I would write as Pearl, as me … but Pearl is me. I mean, all my characters are me, turned up or turned down. It’s all me exploring different facets of myself.
  • "Mia Goth Does the Work: “All My Characters Are Me, Turned Up or Turned Down”". Vanity Fair. 24 February 2023.

• The truth is, I hate acting. Acting is actually the hardest thing to do. It's this elusive thing and you think you have it—it’s like trying to grip smoke. I love it so much.
  • "Mia Goth Is Ready to Move on From Being a Scream Queen". Time. 27 June 2024.

• In the beginning of my career, I was just happy to be in a movie. ‘I'll just do whatever you give me. I'll be there.’ As time has progressed, I view myself as more valuable, with more to give than just being in a movie. Working with Ti [West] and being involved from the start has shown me I can have agency over the creative process. A meaningful voice can go beyond acting—screenwriting, producing, having input—and that has become clearer. It's about more than being happy to be here; it's about making great cinema.
  • "Mia Goth Talks Harmonizing Horror Scream Queen Status With Motherhood". Collider. 5 July 2024.

• I saw acting as a way to get out of the situation I was in. That’s really what made me work as hard as I did. It was my driving force. ‘If this doesn’t work, then I’m going to go back to that, and I can’t let that be. So this needs to work. There’s no plan B. I have to do whatever it takes to make this scene good, to make sure that I’m good enough as an actor.
  • "Mia Goth on 'Frankenstein,' 'Star Wars: Starfighter,' and Motherhood". Elle. 14 October 2025.

• I see Elizabeth as a butterfly or a moth. She’s fluttering and trying to find her place in this world.
  • "Who Plays Frankenstein's Mom? Mia Goth Explains Elizabeth, Claire Connection". Netflix Tudum. 7 November 2025.

About Mia Goth

• To know [that] the lead of a movie is willing to basically do whatever to make the movie is a good feeling. That inspires the confidence to push things. Movies like Pearl and MaXXXine can be just that little bit wilder than they would have been otherwise. And that’s fun.
  • Ti West, "‘Mia deserved an Oscar for Pearl’: Ti West on making his horror trifecta with Mia Goth". The Independent. 22 March 2023.

• Mia is a unicorn of an actress. It’s not like you could ever say, ‘We need a Mia Goth type,’ because there is no type. There’s just Mia.
  • Shawn Levy, "Mia Goth on 'Frankenstein,' 'Star Wars: Starfighter,' and Motherhood". Elle. 14 October 2025.

• Like everybody else, I was blown away. That’s when I said, 'However she makes the sauce, I would love to cook with her. What she was doing in Pearl was incredibly hard to do. I thought, My God, she just did a quadruple somersault over a fire pit.
  • Guillermo del Toro, "Guillermo del Toro was 'blown away' by Mia Goth's performance in Pearl". Yahoo Movies UK. 29 October 2025.