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" And I've shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I've shot in some intense, intense temperatures. "
Ellen Page
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" There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is. "
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" 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. "
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" I think, because I've been working for a while, I've been working since I was ten, I had the fortune of reading a lot, a lot of scripts. "
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" I was maybe 10 or 11 when I saw 'Titanic.' And, yes, I was a fan. I loved it. "
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" 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. "
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" I think it's obvious when you're watching a movie, and there's people fighting or someone's slipping on the side of the building, that it's fake and it really removes you from it. "
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" I didn't really play dress up when I was a kid, and I'm really T-shirt and jeans-y. "
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" I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget. "
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" I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent. "
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" As a girl, you're supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin? "
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" To be in a position, at my age, where I am financially independent, I can help develop things, I can promote stuff that I believe in, I can say no a lot and spend time writing - that is a gift. "
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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. "
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" I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. "
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" I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men. "
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" I love L.A. I'm a full-blown cheerleader for it. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Producing is a way of finding a great script that nobody's making, and believing in it, and doing what you can to get it made. It lets you work with your friends, people you really love to do something with. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a huge fan of the program 'Democracy Now,' which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast. "
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" I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a tomboy from Nova Scotia. "
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" X-Men is massive, like nothing I've ever experienced. But great in its own way. "
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" I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies. "
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" When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be. "
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" I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a little kid, or film, or with music, there's just been an innate desire to feel that connection. "
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" And I think it's really easy for people to point out hypocrisy in people's lives. "
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" People ask if I'm concerned about getting pigeonholed. No one asks, 'Ellen, you've done seven straight roles in a row. Shouldn't you shake it up, do something queer?' There's still that double standard. "
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