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" Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people. "

Elizabeth Olsen

Grow

You

Think

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" I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere. "

" I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother. "

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Island

" Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing. "

" I think a lot of films do themselves a disfavor by putting in way too much information, and everyone knows what's gonna happen next, and no one can actually discover things as they go. "

" My brother knows more about film sets than I do, because he works at New York Film Academy. "

" Normally I don't feel like having a belly full of pasta. "

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" But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that. "

" I've always loved being a student. "

" I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me. "

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" I'm the curvy one of the family. "

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Family

Curvy

" I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better. "

" And I think in theater, people don't really focus on the media unless there's a huge superstar doing a play or something. "

" I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche. "

" I would love to date a chef. I'd probably get really fat, but I don't care. "

" If you don't like something, talk about something else that's great and maybe someone else will discover it and think it's great too. "

" I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater. "

" No, I wouldn't want the paparazzi ever following me in my life. "

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Paparazzi

My Life

" Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool. "

" I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying. "

" I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see. "

" When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater. "

" My friends and I started making films when I was still in kindergarten. "