I have very high standards for every part of life – my work, my relationships, food, love. I can’t just pretend.
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.
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The thing that’s wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.
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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 consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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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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I guess for my skin, I clean it and moisturize and try to drink water. How boring is this though? I’m convinced that it comes from within. If you’re happy and healthy, it shows.
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When I kiss a girl for a part, people think it’s sexy. But if two guys kiss, suddenly there’s a backlash. It’s a double standard.
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I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible.
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I do not tweeze my eyebrows. I’ve been letting them grow out for years. I try to fill them in wherever nature has abandoned me.
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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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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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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.
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You’re going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.
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Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.
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People 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.
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All actors should experience public failure.
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From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
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I’m a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette.
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I love yoga and hiking – I think that’s the perfect combo.
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Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn’t otherwise be engaged – in essence, not preaching to the choir.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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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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Power tends to get confused with repression.
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When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn’t what I was picked for at first, for films and TV.
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At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that’s great, and that’s what makes you dynamic.
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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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You realize when you’re pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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