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" I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it. "
Olivia Wilde
Funny
Pretty
Think
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" As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older. "
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Walking
You
Start
" Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it. "
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Weakness
Experience
Compassion
" You really just have to love the process. I can't tell you the amount of film sets I've been on where people are talking about Oscars in the middle of the production. It happens all the time. "
Olivia Wilde
Time
People
Love
" Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks. "
Olivia Wilde
Only
Optimism
Risks
" 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. "
Olivia Wilde
Justice
Peace
School
" Inspiration is the key to everything. "
Olivia Wilde
Inspiration
Everything
Key
" Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part. "
Olivia Wilde
Because
Table
You
" It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different. "
Olivia Wilde
People
Wrong
Never
" Early on, I knew I had ideas, but I wasn't sure when it was appropriate to bring them to the table, and I was so intimidated by these titans that I was working for. But it started around the time of 'Tron,' when I was really excited by the creative process and the prep that went into that. I spoke up often at those writing sessions. "
Olivia Wilde
Time
Writing
Process
" I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'. "
Olivia Wilde
People
Relationship
Love
" I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother. "
Olivia Wilde
Great
Tomboy
Brother
" 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? "
Olivia Wilde
Smile
Look
I Am
" 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. "
Olivia Wilde
Love
Theatre
Always
" I was a handful growing up. "
Olivia Wilde
Up
Teen
Growing Up
" At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet. "
Olivia Wilde
Thought
Privacy
Help
" My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age. "
Olivia Wilde
Young
Age
People
" 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. "
Olivia Wilde
Woman
Fun
Man
" I love kids with a passion I usually reserve for hot cheese, miniature chairs, and Prince concerts, but I feel no stress to reproduce simply because of a fear of withering eggs. "
Olivia Wilde
Love
Stress
Cheese
" If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter. "
Olivia Wilde
Horse
You
I Am
" People have nervous tics they don't know about, and I would advise asking around. Ask the casting director, 'Is there something I'm doing?' I would see people unconsciously rocking back and forth. I roll my lips. I bite my lips and roll them. "
Olivia Wilde
Lips
Know
Back
" I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo. "
Olivia Wilde
Perfect
Think
Hiking
" It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow. "
Olivia Wilde
Progress
Daughter
Son
" When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds. "
Olivia Wilde
Actor
Choose
Against
" I'm still a student of fashion, but I like hooking up with the people that really know how to make cool clothes. "
Olivia Wilde
Know
Cool
Clothes
" My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times. "
Olivia Wilde
Marrying
Said
Parents
" I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch. "
Olivia Wilde
Director
Girl
Got
" I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. "
Olivia Wilde
Brunette
Natural
Like
" Mick Jagger has been an idol of mine since I was 10 years old. Through his music, he has taught me so much about rock n' roll, but also about the blues and about the experience of live music, going to several Rolling Stones shows, growing up. "
Olivia Wilde
Live
Growing Up
Experience
" Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it's not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils - I have many mixtures I like. "
Olivia Wilde
Believe
Oil
Like
" 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. "
Olivia Wilde
Body
Time
Long