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" If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person. "
Olivia Wilde
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" I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.' "
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" I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to me for romantic advice. I know nothing, and things have changed since I was dating in high school! I'm really trying hard to spend this time working on myself. "
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" All actors should experience public failure. "
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" I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning. "
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" It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace. "
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" Power tends to get confused with repression. "
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" Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in. "
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" I love eye makeup. I really like doing a cat eye, playing with liquid liners and different colors of liners, like emerald and deep blues, combining them with black. "
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" I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired. "
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School
" When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds. "
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" In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations. "
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Build
" I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me. "
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Feel
" Not everything has to be a couples' event. "
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Event
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" I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it. "
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Pretty
Think
" What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit. "
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Information
Memory
You
" I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend. "
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Love
Food
Life
" I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison. "
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Love
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" In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters. "
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End
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" 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. "
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Time
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Process
" This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films. "
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Show
Worth
Business
" I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. "
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Los Angeles
Acting
Graduation
" 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? "
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Smile
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" 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. "
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Great
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" I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. "
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" I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible. "
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" In a relationship I'm a very loving person, emotional and sensitive. "
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" Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition. "
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Australia
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" I've always been a fan of science fiction. "
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Science Fiction
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" Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir. "
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Powerful
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Choir