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" I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense. "
Ellen Page
Eat
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Always
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" I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" And I've shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I've shot in some intense, intense temperatures. "
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" I think the Smart Car is awesome. The only problem is I've been on the freeway and felt like I was going to be blown away like a Tim Hortons coffee cup, so I may have to upgrade to a Mini Cooper - something a little stronger. "
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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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" When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" And I think it's really easy for people to point out hypocrisy in people's lives. "
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" I'm a tomboy from Nova Scotia. "
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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 didn't really play dress up when I was a kid, and I'm really T-shirt and jeans-y. "
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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'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 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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" There's no big budget Canadian movie. Whatever movies are big budget in Canada come from the States. Or also have States financing. Everything's pretty small. "
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" I think there's a tremendous amount of guilt that goes on between mothers and daughters, no matter how good or bad their relationships are. "
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" The thing that I would say you get the most hate about on social media, in my experience, is if you tweet anything about women's rights or feminism. It blows my mind. But it's the thought of not being a feminist that actually blows my mind. "
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" 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. "
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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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