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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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" I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget. "

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" I'm a tomboy from Nova Scotia. "

" X-Men is massive, like nothing I've ever experienced. But great in its own way. "

" And I've shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I've shot in some intense, intense temperatures. "

" 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. "

" Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous. "

" I think of those who are so much less fortunate than me all the time. I came out to people clapping and an outpour of support. And the reality is, for a lot of people, they get kicked out of their homes or are faced with violence. "

" 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. "

" When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is. "

" 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. "

" And I think it's really easy for people to point out hypocrisy in people's lives. "

" 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 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Mind you, Roman Holiday - which is kind of a romantic comedy - is one of my favorite films, and I think Audrey Hepburn is absolutely phenomenal in that movie. "