Olivia Thirlby Quotes

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• I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.

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  Eye, Journey, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.

  Olivia Thirlby

  Believe, Fighting, Bisexual

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Sometimes in my life I feel like a bit of a sorceress who can't totally control all their power. I'm a Libra, so... Libra women are pretty magical.

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  Sometimes, Sorceress, Feels

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• I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.

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  Goal, Feelings, Might

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.

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  New York, Cities, Desire

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm such a homebody. I don't party. I don't drink. That may be because I got it out all out of my system before I was 18.

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  Party, May, Drink

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.

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  Ideas, Work Out, Acting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

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  Fun, Drama, Starting Out

  "Olivia Thirlby Talks BEING FLYNN and DREDD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 28, 2012.

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• I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.

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  Stars, Thinking, Space

  "Olivia Thirlby Talks Loving Her 'Flawed' Character In ‘Nobody Walks,’ More ‘Dredd’ & Her 5 Favorite Performances" by Jen Vineyard, www.indiewire.com. October 18, 2012.

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• I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.

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  Strong, Moving, Keys

  "Olivia Thirlby Talks Loving Her 'Flawed' Character In ‘Nobody Walks,’ More ‘Dredd’ & Her 5 Favorite Performances" by Jen Vineyard, www.indiewire.com. October 18, 2012.

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• I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.

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  Dream, Lucky, Juice

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.

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  Teenager, Littles, Social

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time... The style of filmmaking and the performances ... you don't feel like you're watching a film.

  Olivia Thirlby

  Perspective, Style, Actresses

  "My Favorite Movie: Olivia Thirlby" by Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. September 22, 2012.

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• I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.

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  Hair, Naked, Hats

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.

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  New York, Growing Up, Sight

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.

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  Jobs, Crazy, Yoga

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.

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  Dad, Cooking, Style

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

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  Thinking, Flaws, Feels

  "Olivia Thirlby Talks NOBODY WALKS, What Drew Her to Lena Dunham’s Script, the Film’s Themes of Sexual Energy and Expression and Its Moral Gray Area". Interview with Sheial Roberts, collider.com. October 11, 2012.

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• Oh, I love making independent films, it's such a special, magical thing because you collaborate with a small group of people and everyone's pitching in. You'll see producers setting up the lunch table and the sound guy driving a van. We're all really there because we want to be.

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  Independent, Lunch, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel naked without jewelry.

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  Naked, Jewelry, Feels

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I did 'Nobody Walks' right after 'Dredd.' Well, actually, I got off the plane from Capetown where we shot 'Dredd' and tested for 'Being Flynn' that same day. Then I came out to L.A. to make this film right after that so it was all very back to back.

  Olivia Thirlby

  Film, Shots, Planes

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• The Movie is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He shot this movie and asked a bunch of his friends to be involved with it. I just saw him the other day and there is no money to finish the film. But, you know, I literally have a cameo in it.

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  Saws, Film, Made

  "Olivia Thirlby Talks Playing a Bad Ass in DREDD, Comic-Con and Her Other Projects, Including NOBODY WALKS, RED KNOT and THE MOVIE". Collider Interview, collider.com. July 27, 2012.

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• But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.

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  Team, Giving, Stuff

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• I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.

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  Tragedy, Comedy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.

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  Movie, People, Together

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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