Emily Meade Quotes

Emily Meade

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 10, 1989

I think teenagers at any time are testing to see how far they can go and where authority comes in.

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I definitely went through some dark teenage years. I wore black raccoon eyeliner every single day. I would be late to school if I didn't have time to put my eyeliner on.

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I can be very stubborn, cold, strict, rigid, and - I'd like to think - driven.

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I'm a workaholic and very focused on my goals.

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'Twelve' was a total indie drama character piece. It wasn't that it was more about the performance, but it was just a very different thing where, with horror, there's this whole added element of the visual and the technical and the choreography.

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I have... a dark look in my eyes, I guess.

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I don't like feeling like it's not up to me when I'm working and when I'm not. Not feeling complete freedom... that's frustrating.

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I've never felt fully able to sustain myself because I've run out of money many, many times, and it's been scary.

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I was going to be a comedian but then also winning Oscars and directing movies and creating my own charities and saving the world. The more I've let go of that... I see more access to possibly being able to have something like that.

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People are apprehensive about finding 'The Leftovers' funny because it's such a dark circumstance, but I think, really, what the show is about is examining how different people deal with loss. There are elements of humour and levity and irony in that... just like in real life.

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Even the most tragic moments can have moments of comedy.

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I want to do every kind of movie and role you could imagine.

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Growing up, I always looked up to males or comedians such as Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. I also love Lucille Ball, from the show 'I Love Lucy.'

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I think I'm slightly older than the generation that was really bred on social media - I had Facebook in high school, but I was growing up in a time where these things were relatively new, and every generation below me is growing up having every single thing they do seen. And that is kind of frightening.

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I usually get cast in more dark, dramatic things, and I would love to do something more comedic.

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