If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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’m pretty low-key; you’ll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.
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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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It’s so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
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I love eye makeup. I really like doing a cat eye, playing with liquid liners and different colors of liners, like emerald and deep blues, combining them with black.
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Inspiration is the key to everything.
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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 think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity.
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A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend.
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In a relationship I’m a very loving person, emotional and sensitive.
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I’ve always been a fan of science fiction.
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At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.
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You realize when you’re pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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Seeing 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.
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I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.
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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 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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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 have very high standards for every part of life – my work, my relationships, food, love. I can’t just pretend.
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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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Now I’m doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.
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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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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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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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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 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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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I’d be a really happy person.
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