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 WILDEAt one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.
More Olivia Wilde Quotes
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Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.
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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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I shaved the back of my head once and did the asymmetrical hair.
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I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I’d like to write a movie about 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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Power tends to get confused with repression.
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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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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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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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I trust work, directors – I don’t live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison.
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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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I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.
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I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. ‘Tron’ was such a departure for me.
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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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Many casting directors won’t hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick’s headshot under the table so she doesn’t get the part.
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