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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" I love L.A. I'm a full-blown cheerleader for it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a tomboy from Nova Scotia. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it's just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it's stunts. "

" X-Men is massive, like nothing I've ever experienced. But great in its own way. "

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" And I've shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I've shot in some intense, intense temperatures. "

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

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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