You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I’m certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don’t get brain-damaged before I get there
ROSE MCGOWANI was a boy in the ads I did as a child. My sister was the girl, and I was the boy. I had short hair and I was in overalls and I was giving flowers to my sister Daisy, who fit their model of what a girl was supposed to look like.
More Rose McGowan Quotes
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I was never nervous directing. Not once. I’m more nervous acting. I’m far more nervous on set, before I say my lines, than I ever have been, as a director.
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I live a very international life, but when I come back to Hollywood, a town I love in a lot of ways, I have to wonder, “What decade are you in? Like, seriously, what decade? It’s not this one.”
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I’m not attracted to dangerous men. I’m attracted, apparently, to height. One ex was 6’6; the one before was 6’4, then 6’3. I like freakishly tall people.
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From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I’m into female vengeance.
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I like people who are fit. I figure if I work out, you can at least return the favor. Would I go out with a meathead? No.
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This hetero – normative behavior and herd mentality is dangerous. It’s okay to be different.
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I kind of grew breasts overnight and then the world got really loud.
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I am going to be pretty kick a$$ by the time I’m thirty, and I can’t wait!!
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Hollywood is all about making an entrance. I don’t want to be a walking advertisement for anyone other than myself.
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I don’t mind being disliked – I will be the one to step up and say what needs to be said if it helps one woman who comes after me.
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It’s interesting when you go out into the world and see which of your roles have affected people.
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I literally feel pity for a lot of the stupid idiots that I have to deal with.
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I’m not really one of those people who goes and writes some big back story and agonizes over characters. I think you kind of can get it. For me personally, it’s just kind of more instinctive. But I don’t have kind of an acting background. I fell into it accidentally.
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If one person starts crying, I’ll cry. If one person has no money, I’ll give them mine. If I had a bicycle growing up, I always felt incredibly guilty when I see someone sitting at the bus stop.
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I’ve had, like, four long-term boyfriends. I tend to be in relationships for long periods of time.
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