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" If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter. "
Olivia Wilde
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I Am
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" 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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" My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age. "
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" In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird. "
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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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" 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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" I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time. "
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" I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. "
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Acting
Graduation
" 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
" It would be so depressing to be a model and not get to say a word. There's no personality involved. "
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" Inspiration is the key to everything. "
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Everything
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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
" It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own. "
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" My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times. "
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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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" You really just have to love the process. I can't tell you the amount of film sets I've been on where people are talking about Oscars in the middle of the production. It happens all the time. "
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Time
People
Love
" I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. "
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Brunette
Natural
Like
" I was a handful growing up. "
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Up
Teen
Growing Up
" I tend to go with a daytime look, pretty natural, but I always fill in my eyebrows - I hate if I leave the gym and my eyebrows aren't done; I'm just very uncomfortable with myself. "
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Look
Myself
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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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Believe
Elections
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" It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything. "
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Just
Anything
About
" I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive. "
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Audience
Proud
People
" I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic. "
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Almost
Lip
Foundation
" Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part. "
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Table
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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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Someone
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" I got a divorce, and I felt like I finally started my career. I started making movies and projects that I just really believed in. "
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" A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend. "
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" Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it. "
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Experience
Compassion
" It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.' "
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Youth
" When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV. "
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" The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy. "
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End
Good
Marriage