Elizabeth Olsen Quotes

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Elizabeth Olsen

Profession : Actress

Birth : February 16, 1989

I think a lot of films do themselves a disfavor by putting in way too much information, and everyone knows what's gonna happen next, and no one can actually discover things as they go.

Elizabeth Olsen

Yes, I don't read books for entertainment.

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I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere.

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I've always loved being a student.

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Normally I don't feel like having a belly full of pasta.

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I never understood why anyone would do magazines. Like, why would someone put their face out there so much? It's because those people reading magazines will go see the movie, so you do it.

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I've only done one shoot where it's modeling clothes, not like me in my environment. And the stylist, literally, I had her stand behind the photographer and do poses.

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I don't know about you, but my girlfriends have been my girlfriends forever, and they're my sisters and my family.

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I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.

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I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.

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My friends and I started making films when I was still in kindergarten.

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Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people.

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Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.

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It's interesting to watch myself with an audience; I'm trying hard to learn from it.

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I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one.

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'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it.

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I feel it is obvious when someone has thought too much about what they're wearing.

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I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.

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If you don't like something, talk about something else that's great and maybe someone else will discover it and think it's great too.

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But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.

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