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.
OLIVIA WILDEIf I’m left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
More Olivia Wilde Quotes
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I’m a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn’t stupid.
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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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Weakness is something we don’t like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.
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I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn’t wait to get back to Ardmore.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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I used to experiment all the time with my hair color.
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My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.
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I grew up being told by my parents each time they went off to war that they may explode, so I needed to know how things like the gadgets in the kitchen worked.
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Inspiration is the key to everything.
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But even 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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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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It would be so depressing to be a model and not get to say a word. There’s no personality involved.
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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.
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Believe it or not, I’m a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it’s not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils – I have many mixtures I like.
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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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