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" I can remember when 'Pulp Fiction' came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" Usually a lot of moviemaking is boring. "
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" I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money. "
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" I think a lot of fans immediately go, 'ugggh' when they hear that someone is doing a prequel or a remake, they sort of assume the worst sometimes. "
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" I can't say I was much of a gamer growing up or that I am now, but I'm certainly part of that culture or it's part of, you know, the sort of time that I grew up in. "
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" But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself. "
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" I acted in theater and I took film classes when I was 12 and just obsessed over it. I loved it and spent hours and hours in the film studio learning and watching. "
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" I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be, you spend a lot of time sitting around grumbling about how you're not doing the kind of work you really want to do. But there's a lot of complacency in that, too. "
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" Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to focus on, is always working with people with at least an independent point of view, even if it's not an independent film. "
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" I'm a fan of films in general; I mean, I don't think I've ever considered myself specifically a horror fan even though I do enjoy horror films, find them really entertaining. "
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" Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you're speaking two different languages. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" Anytime I'm given scripts where I'm sort of the fantasy girl, it's hard for me because that's not real and I don't think it's a great thing to put out there consistently. "
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" Kensington Market is a must visit place in Toronto. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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Toronto
" I've been performing since I came out of the womb. I've been dancing and singing since I was a toddler. Acting seemed like a natural progression from that. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" I've always been a huge fan of 'The Shining,' and 'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my favorite films of all time. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman. "
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" I don't have any premonitions. I don't have any supernatural powers. I just have a typical woman's intuition, and I go with that. "
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" I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" I think there need to be more female action heroines out there that are intelligent and not overly masculine and things like that so I'd love to find - and real too. Not necessarily the superhero perfect archetype of what an action hero is represented as a lot of times. I would love to find that kind of action heroine role to play. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" Obviously, we're all going to die at some point. Whether or not we are fated to die in some way I think is debatable. I just don't know which side to debate. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" I think since I'm not particularly well-known as myself, it's funny all the different perceptions people have of me. Like, if someone's only seen me in 'Death Proof,' they think I'm sort of a ditzy girl who says stupid things and wears revealing outfits all the time. "
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" I do get starstruck working with Bruce because even though he is such a nice guy he's a real movie star. I grew up watching his movies it is just really hard to get used to just being around Bruce Willis. I mean, he's Bruce Willis! "
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" When you are playing someone who is dealing with issues on a really personal level, if you don't bring your own issues into the equation, it's not going to feel really personal to the people watching it. "
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Feel
" I was always telling myself I could handle a more complex role, I could handle something bigger and more interesting than the work I was doing. But I wasn't demanding that of myself. At a certain point, I realized it was never going to come my way unless I started taking more control of it. That's what I realized I had to do. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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" I think when I was 12, when, like, 'Titanic' and 'Romeo + Juliet' came out, my friends and I made our own Leonardo DiCaprio fan club. I definitely had a thing for him. "
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Friends
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Own
" I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting. "
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" I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything to win an Oscar!' It certainly isn't a goal that you want to set yourself up for, because then you're just setting yourself up for disaster. Because how many people actually win an Oscar? "
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" I have a lot of different traits to my personality, depending on who I'm around, and what the dynamic in the situation is. "
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