Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I'm a huge Sissy Spacek fan. "

Related Quotes:

" 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. "

" I'm a huge fan of the program 'Democracy Now,' which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast. "

" I think, because I've been working for a while, I've been working since I was ten, I had the fortune of reading a lot, a lot of scripts. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As a girl, you're supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin? "

" I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies. "

" I'm kind of getting more excited about developing my own stuff, or getting involved early in projects and doing my best to make things that I care about happen. "

" Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right? "

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

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

" I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent. "

" I think the Smart Car is awesome. The only problem is I've been on the freeway and felt like I was going to be blown away like a Tim Hortons coffee cup, so I may have to upgrade to a Mini Cooper - something a little stronger. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world. "

" I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I didn't really play dress up when I was a kid, and I'm really T-shirt and jeans-y. "

" I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense. "

" The relationships I've had with my girl friends are so powerful and meaningful. Without them I truly don't know what I'd do. "

" 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. "

" For me, being out within my life became far more important than being in any movie. "

" I'd ice-skated before, because I'm Canadian and that's what you do as a kid, but I'd never, ever been on quad skates. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. "