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" Acting is very physical, even when it doesn't appear to be. It's about the arc of your body's language through a film. "
Body
Through
Language
" And I think it's really easy for people to point out hypocrisy in people's lives. "
Point
Think
People
" And I've shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I've shot in some intense, intense temperatures. "
Shot
Intense
Island
" As a girl, you're supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin? "
Sleeping
Mean
Love
" But I've never been really rebellious. I've got a lot of support and I'm not pushed so hard that I feel like I'm going to burn out, which is what happens to a lot of actors in their early twenties. "
Hard
Feel
Never
" Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right? "
Change
Enemy
Someone
" Fashion once meant dresses and heels, and I didn't know why I'd want to be dressed that way. Now I'm like, 'Oh my God, those Saint Laurent boots!' Those are not words I thought I'd ever say. A beautiful suit is nice. I get fashion now. In fact, I love it. "
Beautiful
Thought
Love
" For me, being out within my life became far more important than being in any movie. "
Me
Life
Important
" I actually can't watch blood and gore and all those things. I watch Netflix shows with my hand over my face, like, peeking out. Which is funny, because I'm on sets all the time, and I know how those effects are done. "
Face
Watch
Know
" I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense. "
Eat
Time
Always
" I'd ice-skated before, because I'm Canadian and that's what you do as a kid, but I'd never, ever been on quad skates. "
Been
Never
Kid
" I didn't really play dress up when I was a kid, and I'm really T-shirt and jeans-y. "
Play
Up
Really
" I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies. "
Try
Want
Movies
" I don't want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I'm grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I'm not doing it. "
Grateful
Want
Attached
" I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on. "
Feel
Working
Sports
" I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget. "
Working
Canada
Budget
" I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men. "
Actress
How
Men
" I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent. "
Watching
Trouble
Sometimes
" I love L.A. I'm a full-blown cheerleader for it. "
I Love
Cheerleader
Love
" I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world. "
Love
Alone
Me
" I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it's just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it's stunts. "
Love
Just
Basic
" I love sport, I grew up playing sports, that's all I did, and it is so invigorating now that I'm supposedly adult to learn something completely new, from the bottom up. "
Playing
Learn
Sports
" I'm actually just playing honest, whole young women. "
Honest
Playing
Just
" I'm a huge fan of the program 'Democracy Now,' which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast. "
Fan
Which
Subscribe
" I'm a huge Sissy Spacek fan. "
Sissy
Fan
Huge
" I'm a tomboy from Nova Scotia. "
Tomboy
Nova
Nova Scotia
" I'm kind of getting more excited about developing my own stuff, or getting involved early in projects and doing my best to make things that I care about happen. "
Doing
Care
Early
" I'm not good at watching stuff that I'm in at all. I should stop. I shouldn't watch something for the first time with a room full of people at Sundance. It's not a good idea. "
Watch
Good
First
" I really hope that we'll have a sustainable future on this planet, I really do. So I probably geek out mostly about learning more about how potentially we can hopefully make that happen, hopefully we're not too far lost. "
Learning
Geek
Future
" I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that. "
Time
Tools
Women
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