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" It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around. "
Sarah Gadon
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" Since 'A Dangerous Method,' I've had meetings with everyone from J.J. Abrams to the producers of 'Drive.' And they all have the same thing in common; they say: 'Wow you worked with Cronenberg.' He gave me instant film cred. "
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" I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career. "
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" When you're in a very specific kind of wardrobe, it kind of dictates your movement; it also kind of enables you - or, I guess, disables you - from certain kinds of movement. "
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" I do build my own backstory as an actor. It's important to know where your characters have come from in order to know where they're going - in order to exist in that state of being. "
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" I wore a pink Betsey Johnson dress to my prom, and I pretty much looked like a pink cupcake. I loved that dress! "
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Pink
Loved
" It's tempting to think, 'This is silly. I'm an artist. I care about my work, my work is first. I don't care about what kind of dress I wear... That's so secondary to me.' But if you care about your work... then you need to take this part of it just as seriously as you would going into an audition and going into work. "
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" I've studied dance since I was very young, and I continue to study ballet. "
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" Without disruptions in life, where would we be? "
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Would
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" In the summer, I love to go up north to a cottage and relax by the lake, swim, go canoeing... I also love riding my bike around Toronto, going to the farmer's market, cooking. That sounds simple, but it's a luxury you don't have when you're living in hotels. "
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Love
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Bike
" If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves. "
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Understanding
Better
Understand
" You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point. "
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Film
Point
Story
" I think I'll always base myself out of Toronto. I don't have any plans to move to L.A. "
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Plans
Always
Myself
" It's the people who are more insecure who feel the need to control and micromanage. But that's true of any profession and hierarchy with a boss. You have people who know you are competent enough to do your job, and then you have the ones that just hover around. "
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" I think about work all the time. I was in my bathroom yesterday and thought, 'I could never work again.' I don't have a job lined up right now - what if I never get another one? "
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Job
Thought
" I think Tilda Swinton is terribly interesting. I think she's fascinating. I love her work. "
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Work
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Interesting
" Movement is very important to a character, no matter what period you're working in. So when it came to playing Emma Jung and lacing up in the corset, it was really not a foreign thing for me. "
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" I'm really into acquiring film paraphernalia - that's my hobby. I love old movie posters, cameras and film reels. "
Sarah Gadon
Posters
Love
Hobby
" I have these surreal moments where I'm like, 'I'm pregnant with Jake Gyllenhaal's baby' and 'I'm telling Robert Pattinson that he smells of sex.' But you're acting, so the focus is on the work. "
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Baby
Focus
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" It's so often that I read for the bouncy, sunny girl men fall in love with who will solve all the romantic problems in the narrative. I don't choose to work that way. "
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Fall
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Men
" I'm a part-time student, and I plan to finish my degree. I think there are a lot of part-time students with jobs on the side or stressful careers. I'm certainly not the first person to be working while I'm in university. "
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" I think a liberal arts education isn't necessarily about doing something with your degree; it's about becoming a critical thinker. And I think that critical thinking is so integral to being an actor. "
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" If you've ever had anyone in your life who has been struggling with something, struggling with addiction or struggling with anything, and it's about the resilience of love and how much you're willing to struggle with somebody to preserve your relationship and to try to preserve them as a person. "
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" It's particularly important for a young woman to be in control of her image - to a certain extent. I mean, there's only so much you can do, because people take photos with you and then all of a sudden they pop up all over the place, they're completely out of context and you have no control over how they're used. "
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