Kirsten Dunst Quotes

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Kirsten Dunst

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 30, 1982

I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy.

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Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school.

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You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say the stupidest things about technique. I don't want to say something stupid.

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It's hard to get lost in a scene, to get into a character when everyone's standing around you on the set.

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Everybody has a mean streak in them, don't they?

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I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

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I don't live in the spotlight, and I don't live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible.

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When I go away to do a movie, I bring the blanket I've had since I was a little girl. It helps me sleep. I also always bring my laptop so I can E-mail friends. And I bring my dog, Beauty, wherever I can.

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When I have time off, my friends and I will go to Universal Studios, the movies, out to eat, and shopping. I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.

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I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.

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When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You're not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin.

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I've been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to 'Stand' in the mirror.

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What are you going to do if it's the end of the world? You better go out having fun instead of stressing about it.

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Every movie I do, I always use things that have happened in my life. Funny moments, anything. If it just sticks out I'll write it down and use that, too, because it has to come out of you. But no one can work when they're depressed. I don't think I'd physically be able to do it if I were depressed.

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In high school I had a boyfriend who was super into rap, so I was into Too $hort and Wu-Tang for a little while. And my best friend's older brother would sometimes drive us home in this pimped-out truck, and he'd play all his dirty rap music. We thought we were really cool.

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You don't really know who you're going to fall in love with at what time in their life. They can be the worst off they've ever been in their life, but you can't help who you fall in love with. That's part of the excitement of life - new people, new experiences.

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I can't imagine having a real personal thing, like divorce and marriage, all those things, being in the public eye. I try to not talk about anything personal, and then nobody has the fire to throw back at you, like 'You said this back then!'

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I don't really relate to myself as The Girl in the Magazine. Which is dangerous for me, too, sometimes, because I don't think all the time, 'Well, look to see if people are following me home.' Sometimes I'm a little bit more free than maybe I should be.

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I'm a good assistant. That's why I don't have an assistant, because I'm so on it that no one can be as on it as me. I know that.

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I've always used my own personal emotions and things that I've gone through in my life to build a character. The work that I do before a film feels almost like therapy, between me and whoever I'm playing.

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