Gillian Anderson Quotes - Page 2

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• In retrospect, I think that I've been given quite a few scripts over the years that had dark elements to them but most of them took place in the countryside with a haunted house. I think I've probably had that script about six to 10 times over the past few years. Or it was something to do with the supernatural.

  Gillian Anderson

  Dark, Past, Thinking

  "Straightheads - Gillian Anderson interview". www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I’m trying to accept where I’m at, not run from it.

  Gillian Anderson

  Running, Trying, Accepting

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• Sometimes having a big amount of time is a gift, because by the time you're at the end of the run you feel like you've figured it out finally or discovered everything you can about the character. Sometimes that's not the case.

  Gillian Anderson

  Running, Character, Sometimes

  "The Year of Gillian Anderson". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 21, 2016.

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• There's a big part of me that would love to be a secret agent. But if I showed up to do an investigation and interrogate someone now, they wouldn't be able to take me seriously. I've ruined that for myself.

  Gillian Anderson

  Secret, Agents, Able

  "X-Files Archive: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in conversation". Interview with Nick De Semlyen, www.empireonline.com. August, 2008.

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• I truly beleive that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us.

  Gillian Anderson

  Lying, Overcoming, Hurdle

  "Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks". Book by Stacy Kravetz, 1999.

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• When I think of normality I think of mediocrity

  Gillian Anderson

  Thinking, Mediocrity, Think Of Me

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• You're only given as much as you can handle at any given time. Whether it's true or not, it gives you the strength.

  Gillian Anderson

  Giving, Given, Handle

  "Gillian of the Spirits". Interview with Virginia Campbell, gilliananderson.ws. December 1998/January 1999.

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• You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.

  Gillian Anderson

  Relationship, Night, Just Friends

  "The X-Files: The Rain King". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 1999.

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• Sometimes, I genuinely enjoy having conversations with journalists; enjoying the few moments of intimacy with a stranger is fascinating to me. But once in a while that backfires and you're suddenly reading something that has a bent on it that you didn't feel was in the least bit a part of the conversation that you thought you were having. Then you get overly protective and say very little and then you come out of the hole again.

  Gillian Anderson

  Reading, Littles, Sometimes

  The Observer Interview, October 01, 2000.

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• I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head. And I regret that.

  Gillian Anderson

  Regret, Geography, I Regret

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• We have to raise the status of girls and women in every country.

  Gillian Anderson

  Girl, Country, Raises

  "Gillian Anderson: star of SOLD On the Global Business of Selling Children for Sex". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I'm actually very scared of sharks. I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was young, which may not have been compatible with that fear.

  Gillian Anderson

  Marine, Sharks, May

  "X-Files Archive: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in conversation". Interview with Nick De Semlyen, www.empireonline.com. January 1, 2013.

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• Vibration is always good. Sitting on top of the washing machine thats going.

  Gillian Anderson

  Machines, Sitting, Vibrations

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• When I'm inside the character, I feel like I'm a different person, and then when you see that character on screen and I see that it's me, I find that disappointing.

  Gillian Anderson

  Character, Different, Disappointing

  "The year of Gillian Anderson". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 21, 2016.

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• People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

  Gillian Anderson

  Intelligent, People, Perspective

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• By moving to London I removed myself from the madness of the entertainment industry. I love the city and the culture, and it was an opportunity to bring my children up in a more sane environment.

  Gillian Anderson

  Children, Moving, Opportunity

  "Mulder and Scully Reopen the X-Files". Interview with Will Lawrence and John Hiscock, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 25, 2008.

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• People always ask if I was really voted Most Bizarre Girl in high school. But that one's actually true. I was living in Michigan in a very conservative town and had a nose-ring and a shaved head and did kind of strange things.

  Gillian Anderson

  Girl, School, People

  "X-Files Archive: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in conversation". Interview with Nick De Semlyen, www.empireonline.com. August, 2008.

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• I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way.

  Gillian Anderson

  Yoga, Mean, Meditation

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• The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive.

  Gillian Anderson

  Giving, Firsts, Foxes

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• I will only take something or agree to do something that I feel like I understand, and inherent in understanding is empathy.

  Gillian Anderson

  Empathy, Understanding, Feels

  "The year of Gillian Anderson". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 21, 2016.

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• Education is key. We have to keep girls in school and give them the same opportunities that boys have. They need access to vocational training and mentorship, as well. It's an issue of gender equality, which is fortunately a hot topic right now, but we need to keep at it and not rest on our laurels.

  Gillian Anderson

  Girl, School, Boys

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• Every now and then we'd meet up and reminisce about the characters. At the beginning, shortly after we started shooting, someone sent me some clips put together on youtube. It was the first time I'd seen something like that. "The intimate moments of Mulder and Scully."

  Gillian Anderson

  Character, Intimate Moments, Together

  "David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson Re-Open The X-Files". Interview with Brian B., movieweb.com. February 26, 2008.

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• There is this view that if you are not tormented you cannot be vital and creative. I would like to think that is not true.

  Gillian Anderson

  Thinking, Views, Creative

  "Scully Knows What It's Like to Be an Alien - Interview". The Sunday Times, July 01, 2001.

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• I've been very careful. I've gone through pretty much everything. I'm very careful not to let go of the prized possessions, or too much of it that I'll regret in the future.

  Gillian Anderson

  Letting Go, Regret, Possession

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• I've got huge tubs full of stuff that I can sell on eBay. If there are people out there that are interested, I want them to come my way and buy my jackets and hats and scripts that are signed by everybody.

  Gillian Anderson

  Ebay, People, Want

  "X-Files Archive: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in conversation". Interview with Nick De Semlyen, www.empireonline.com. August, 2008.

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