Mary Elizabeth Winstead Quotes - Page 3

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• The older I get, the more I'm drawn to the smaller films, but I still hope to keep bigger films in my repertoire. It's just maybe going to be a shift in focus, but I'll definitely still hopefully be kicking around in those.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Focus, Kicking, Film

  Source: collider.com

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• Well we've got to do a lot of kung fu choreography, which was really cool. Like I have, you know, like the big hammer that I use, kind of like a staff in a sense. So I get to use that like a really cool weapon. Kung fu style. And it's just really fun to get to learn that and execute it in a way that looks cool on screen. It just feels really rewarding.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Fun, Style, Weapons

  Source: collider.com

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• Normally as an actress you're constantly worried that people think you don't look good enough. It's just like an unnecessary stress that's just frustrating.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Stress, Thinking, People

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• There's a little wire work, which is so much fun. You can fly, it's amazing. But I've had to mostly just sort of kung fu, you know, ground work. Footwork and stuff like that.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Fun, Wire, Littles

  Source: collider.com

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• It's always been a lot of fun for me, just to be in films that people see and they connect to, big or small. The big ones tend to reach a wider audience, so it's exciting to feel like you've got fans in countries, all over the world, who are watching what you're doing. That's really great!

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Country, Fun, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I mean every character you totally, you know, the full fiber of the personality is kept in the film, and all of those little moments, all those funny little tidbits are all in there.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Character, Mean, Personality

  Source: collider.com

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• Which is so important, I mean, that's what's so great about the books, is, you know, those two worlds are sort of, the slacker world of just comedy and laziness and then this crazy, over the top action, supernatural world, and you know, combined.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Crazy, Book, Mean

  Source: collider.com

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• I think these are such different films that it's hard to compare, because with Quentin we were all just like, it was like a party every day, you know, it was like that film was just like silly, it was just really for fun, it was really, it wasn't, you know, to make a huge impact. I t was just we wanted to have fun and go to work every day and do a fun movie. And this is like huge, I mean, this is like huge studio film, there's a ton of action, it's like really hard work.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Fun, Party, Silly

  "Mary Elizabeth Winstead On Set Interview SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. May 25, 2010.

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• It's surprising to a lot of people because ballerinas look so long, but it's more of a proportion thing. Their legs are long in proportion to their body but in reality they're very tiny.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Reality, Long, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I actually came to New York when I was 12 and did ballet school for a little while. I was being groomed to be professional, and a lot of the professors and teachers there were drawn to me and thought that I could become a professional ballerina.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Teacher, New York, School

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You're literally sized up with measuring tape as a 13- or 14-year-old girl. I wanted to opt out of that experience.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Girl, Years, Tape

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In ballet, I felt that no matter how good I was, if I didn't have the right body type or if I didn't fit a certain mold there was nothing I could do.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Ballet, Body Types, Mold

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm not one of those actors that hates press and gets really groan-y about it - I always like talking about films.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Hate, Film, Get Real

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Some of those things come out and you don't know where they came from - somebody's leaking totally false information. They follow you for years and you have to be like, "I don't know anything about that."

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Years, Information, Knows

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There are obviously people who want to be very niche, but I think for the most part everybody is trying to reach a larger audience.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Thinking, People, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I was always a performing arts kid in general - but I felt like my ultimate goal was to be an actress and be in films.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Art, Kids, Goal

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I found my way into the indie world a bit late in my career, but it was something that I was really passionate about doing.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Careers, Passionate, World

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Usually a lot of moviemaking is boring.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Boring

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• I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Thinking, People, Film

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• I can't say I was much of a gamer growing up or that I am now, but I'm certainly part of that culture or it's part of, you know, the sort of time that I grew up in.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Growing Up, Culture, Gamer

  "Mary Elizabeth Winstead On Set Interview SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. May 25, 2010.

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• I can remember when Pulp Fiction came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Impact, Years, Fiction

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• I do get starstruck working with Bruce because even though he is such a nice guy he's a real movie star. I grew up watching his movies it is just really hard to get used to just being around Bruce Willis. I mean, he's Bruce Willis!

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Stars, Real, Nice

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• I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Brother, My Sister, Neurologists

  "Mary Elizabeth Winstead On Set Interview THE THING". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 4, 2010.

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• I've always been a huge fan of 'The Shining,' and 'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my favorite films of all time.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Baby, Shining, Fans

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• I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

  Mary Elizabeth Winstead

  Ideas, Skydiving, Near Death

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