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.
OLIVIA WILDEI’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.
More Olivia Wilde Quotes
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I used to experiment all the time with my hair color.
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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 fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
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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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Now I’m doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I’m the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That’s how it works here in Hollywood.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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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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As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, ‘Is this the road I should be walking down?,’ because every decision seems more final, as you get older.
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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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I’m a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette.
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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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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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You realize when you’re pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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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.
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