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" I love L.A. I'm a full-blown cheerleader for it. "
Ellen Page
I Love
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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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" 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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" I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on. "
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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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" Fashion once meant dresses and heels, and I didn't know why I'd want to be dressed that way. Now I'm like, 'Oh my God, those Saint Laurent boots!' Those are not words I thought I'd ever say. A beautiful suit is nice. I get fashion now. In fact, I love it. "
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" I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men. "
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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 it's obvious when you're watching a movie, and there's people fighting or someone's slipping on the side of the building, that it's fake and it really removes you from it. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I'm grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I'm not doing it. "
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" I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. "
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