I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.
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.
More Olivia Wilde Quotes
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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 got a divorce, and I felt like I finally started my career. I started making movies and projects that I just really believed in.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I’d be a really happy person.
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I don’t own a scale, and Tao banned the word ‘fat’ from our house. If we eat too much, we say, ‘I feel clogged up.’
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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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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 never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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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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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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I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
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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 love yoga and hiking – I think that’s the perfect combo.
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Power tends to get confused with repression.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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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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