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" A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet. "

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" Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition. "

Olivia Wilde

Australia

Competition

Girl

" What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit. "

" It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace. "

" But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling. "

" I was a handful growing up. "

Olivia Wilde

Teen

Growing Up

" If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person. "

Olivia Wilde

Happy Person

Person

" A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend. "

" I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired. "

" All actors should experience public failure. "

" If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing. "

" When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV. "

" Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought. "

" I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits. "

" When I kiss a girl for a part, people think it's sexy. But if two guys kiss, suddenly there's a backlash. It's a double standard. "

" I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to me for romantic advice. I know nothing, and things have changed since I was dating in high school! I'm really trying hard to spend this time working on myself. "

" I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison. "

" I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend. "

" I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night. "

" In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird. "

" Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in. "

" I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace? "

" I actually happened to be in Haiti right before the earthquake in 2010. I was there already with the organization I work with now, Artists for Peace and Justice, visiting the primary school that I had adopted, the Academy for Peace and Justice in Port-au-Prince. I came back, and within days, the earthquake happened. "

" If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling. "

" Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir. "

" The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons. "

" I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it. "

" It would be so depressing to be a model and not get to say a word. There's no personality involved. "

" Power tends to get confused with repression. "

" I'm still a student of fashion, but I like hooking up with the people that really know how to make cool clothes. "

" At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet. "