I was a tomboy and I didn’t have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.
OLIVIA WILDEI was a tomboy and I didn’t have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.
OLIVIA WILDEI’ve always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch ‘Star Trek’ together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity.
OLIVIA WILDEI’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.’
OLIVIA WILDEWhen 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 WILDEIt would be so depressing to be a model and not get to say a word. There’s no personality involved.
OLIVIA WILDEMy 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 WILDESeeing the energy of ‘SNL’ made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.
OLIVIA WILDEPeople 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.
OLIVIA WILDEIf I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I’d be a really happy person.
OLIVIA WILDEI went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.
OLIVIA WILDEI have very high standards for every part of life – my work, my relationships, food, love. I can’t just pretend.
OLIVIA WILDEWhen you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.
OLIVIA WILDEMy parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.
OLIVIA WILDEI 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.
OLIVIA WILDEI consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
OLIVIA WILDEWeakness 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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