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" When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself. "
Olivia Wilde
Crazy
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" When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to contour is really helpful. I think you can be a bit more bold with eye makeup to define your eyes, and the same with lip colors - you can go for dark wine colors, which I love. "
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" Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up. "
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" So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character. "
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" Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan. "
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" I've always been a fan of science fiction. "
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" All actors should experience public failure. "
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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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" As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older. "
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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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" People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things. "
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" When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done. "
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" I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive. "
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" If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara. "
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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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" 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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" I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt. "
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" At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet. "
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