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" I've become really interested in permaculture, simplifying my life and doing everything I can to develop more of a sustainable lifestyle. "
Ellen Page
Life
I Can
Doing
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" When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet. "
Ellen Page
I Feel
Feel
About
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Hard
Feel
Never
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Girl
Without
Powerful
" Acting is very physical, even when it doesn't appear to be. It's about the arc of your body's language through a film. "
Ellen Page
Body
Through
Language
" I think there's a tremendous amount of guilt that goes on between mothers and daughters, no matter how good or bad their relationships are. "
Ellen Page
Bad
Good
Guilt
" I'm not good at watching stuff that I'm in at all. I should stop. I shouldn't watch something for the first time with a room full of people at Sundance. It's not a good idea. "
Ellen Page
Watch
Good
First
" I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense. "
Ellen Page
Eat
Time
Always
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Grateful
Want
Attached
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Beautiful
Thought
Love
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Working
Reading
Think
" I really hope that we'll have a sustainable future on this planet, I really do. So I probably geek out mostly about learning more about how potentially we can hopefully make that happen, hopefully we're not too far lost. "
Ellen Page
Learning
Geek
Future
" I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. "
Ellen Page
Wish
1970s
Teenager
" I actually can't watch blood and gore and all those things. I watch Netflix shows with my hand over my face, like, peeking out. Which is funny, because I'm on sets all the time, and I know how those effects are done. "
Ellen Page
Face
Watch
Know
" I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies. "
Ellen Page
Try
Want
Movies
" Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous. "
Ellen Page
Street
Famous
Know
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Double
Ask
People
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Coffee
Car
Like
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Friends
Great
Love
" Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right? "
Ellen Page
Change
Enemy
Someone
" There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is. "
Ellen Page
Paradox
Enjoy
Comedy
" I love sport, I grew up playing sports, that's all I did, and it is so invigorating now that I'm supposedly adult to learn something completely new, from the bottom up. "
Ellen Page
Playing
Learn
Sports
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Been
Never
Kid
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Social Media
Experience
Hate
" I'm a huge fan of the program 'Democracy Now,' which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast. "
Ellen Page
Fan
Which
Subscribe
" I'm actually just playing honest, whole young women. "
Ellen Page
Honest
Playing
Just
" I've always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a little kid, or film, or with music, there's just been an innate desire to feel that connection. "
Ellen Page
Always
Music
Feel
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Support
People
Reality
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Small
Budget
Canada
" I'm a tomboy from Nova Scotia. "
Ellen Page
Tomboy
Nova
Nova Scotia
" 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. "
Ellen Page
Time
Tools
Women