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" Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks. "
Olivia Wilde
Only
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" 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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" 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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" If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling. "
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" If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" There are so many young women in film school right now, and it's just about foreign sales companies, domestic sales companies agreeing to finance films directed by and starring women. "
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" A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet. "
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" I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career. "
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" I used to experiment all the time with my hair color. "
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" It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own. "
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" I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits. "
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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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" I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo. "
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" I was a handful growing up. "
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" I've always been a fan of science fiction. "
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" 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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" It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different. "
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Wrong
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" People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb. "
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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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" 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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" I wanted to be on 'Saturday Night Live' since I was ten. "
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" From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers. "
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" If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person. "
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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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