Mae Whitman Quotes

• There have been a lot of events that have made me really look at the real world, like September 11th. There are so many things that just make you realize that you're not going to live forever and that you have to enjoy every day.

  Mae Whitman

  Real, Forever, September 11

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

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• You can find the money, you'll be okay, but the things that you choose to invest your energy in, that shapes your life and your path and where you go from there. I find that when I'm a part of things that I believe in and I love, it leads to more things like that.

  Mae Whitman

  Believe, Energy, Path

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When I was a teenager, for the most part, I had a really great, easy relationship with my mom, but there are those occasional mom/daughter things that are unavoidable. That's what makes it more upsetting and more true to life. We have great moments, and then we have terrible moments as well.

  Mae Whitman

  Mom, Daughter, Teenager

  "Mae Whitman Interview PARENTHOOD and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 12, 2010.

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• The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.

  Mae Whitman

  Memories, Teenage, Kids

  "Mae Whitman on TMNT, blending into Arrested Development, and acting with Coach Taylor". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2013.

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• I really love poetry. I'm a big E.E. Cummings fan and a big Walt Whitman fan, and I have a big book of poetry.

  Mae Whitman

  Book, Fans, Love Poetry

  "Mae Whitman Interview PARENTHOOD and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 12, 2010.

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• I don't really have an aversion to watching myself. I think I've been doing it for long enough that I have a system of separating it in my brain from my egotistical neuroses for the most part.

  Mae Whitman

  Thinking, Long, Brain

  "Mae Whitman on TMNT, blending into Arrested Development, and acting with Coach Taylor". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2013.

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• I'm, like, the biggest fan ever of 'Arrested Development.' To be a part of it is incredible. Same goes for 'Parenthood.'

  Mae Whitman

  Fans, Development, Parenthood

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

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• Act because you love to act.

  Mae Whitman

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

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• I like to be a lot of different things at once and dress different ways and I change my hair all the time, so being an actor lets me live out the fantasy of living out 100,000 different lifetimes in one, without all of the repercussions.

  Mae Whitman

  Hair, Dresses, Different

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

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• I only have room to do things that I have a love for in my life.

  Mae Whitman

  Rooms

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

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• People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather than how famous you are.

  Mae Whitman

  People, Should, Who You Are

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

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• You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don’t want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?

  Mae Whitman

  Giving, Want, Grows

  "'Parenthood’s' Mae Whitman: 'All I do is talk about Tim Riggins and the Panthers'". Interview with Willa Paskin, www.salon.com. November 19, 2012.

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• It's funny, because I don't have a very addictive personality in any way except for things like stories or books or movies or TV. I just get, like, completely enamored and lost in that world, especially when one really hits the right way. Like, I just can't do anything else.

  Mae Whitman

  Book, Personality, Stories

  "'Parenthood’s' Mae Whitman: 'All I do is talk about Tim Riggins and the Panthers'". Interview with Willa Paskin, www.salon.com. November 18, 2012.

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• My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.

  Mae Whitman

  Cute, Mom, Children

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

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• Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.

  Mae Whitman

  Dresses, Answers, Want

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

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• For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character. I love being able to see a character go through something and to learn.

  Mae Whitman

  Character, Love Is, Things I Love

  "Mae Whitman,'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower' Star, On Being Cast In 'Arrested Development'" by Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 21, 2012.

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• I kind of dress like a boy from the nineties. I like wearing baseball hats. I just like to be really comfortable.

  Mae Whitman

  Baseball, Boys, Dresses

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

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• I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.

  Mae Whitman

  Voice, Favorites Things, My Favorite

  "Mae Whitman Interview 'Parenthood' and 'Scott Piligrim VS. The World'". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 12, 2010.

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• The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.

  Mae Whitman

  Meaningful, Genre Is, Age

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

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• Being a teenager is hard.

  Mae Whitman

  Teenager, Being A Teenager, Hard

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• Being on a movie set when you have a great strong people there supporting you can be very nurturing. You get to explore these creative parts of yourself as a child that most people don't explore until they're in college.

  Mae Whitman

  Strong, Children, College

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

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• I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.

  Mae Whitman

  Brother, Children, Growing Up

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

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• I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for it to differ all the time, but I will try anything and do anything. If it's a role I connect with, I'll go for it, no matter what's involved.

  Mae Whitman

  Trying, Roles, Looks

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

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• I had a friend where it turned out that she hated my guts, all through our friendship. I thought she was my best friend, and then, in high school, she turned on me and had sordid affairs with all of the people that I'd dated. It was less hurtful because I was in high school, so it was more like, 'What's wrong with you? Gross!'

  Mae Whitman

  School, People, Hurtful

  "Mae Whitman Interview PARENTHOOD and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 12, 2010.

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• I feel like I am a lot of who I am because I watched these shows that said it was okay to be a total weirdo. Shows like 'Pete and Pete,' 'Hey, Dude,' 'Salute Your Shorts' - that's what I grew up with.

  Mae Whitman

  Who I Am, Hey, Grew Up

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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