Sarah Gadon Quotes

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Sarah Gadon

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 4, 1987

Should 50 per cent of Telefilm's projects be helmed, produced, or written by women? I think so.

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I feel like biopics are so difficult to get around.

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I read a lot about her. I read a lot of bios. I read bios about the royal family; I read this little novella called 'The Uncommon Reader,' which is a fiction: it's about Queen Elizabeth going on this library bus and choosing books and reading them, but it's so sweet.

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When it came time to go to university, I wanted to study cinema studies and theater and not necessarily do a fine arts degree.

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I fell in love with filmmaking. I fell in love with criticism. I fell in love with theory, and it made me really dogmatic in my approach to choosing roles.

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I prefer the European films that are like, 'No, it's over! They both die. The End.'

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I'm not an actor who is trying to be a movie star.

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I'm trying to be a working actor. I'm not in pursuit of fame. I'm not trying to be in the kinds of films that make you famous like that.

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I think when you focus on the work, it becomes a simpler pursuit.

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If you've ever had anyone in your life who has been struggling with something, struggling with addiction or struggling with anything, and it's about the resilience of love and how much you're willing to struggle with somebody to preserve your relationship and to try to preserve them as a person.

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The kinds of films that I'm used to doing are independent films. They're very small character-driven pieces, and there isn't as much spectacle involved.

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Sometimes when you're working on a period piece, there's this tendency to be nostalgic about the period and do everything superglamorous, which can end up looking cliche.

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I really like Armani Luminous Silk Foundation in the winter because it has SPF, and it's still important to protect your skin from the sun in the wintertime. I'm also really into also vera - just organic, natural aloe vera gel that I put on all over my skin to moisturize.

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Working with Mr. Armani is such an incredible experience because he's so creative and such a visionary, and Linda Cantello is amazing and a true artist.

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This might be really weird, but The Body Shop has a tea tree oil stick that you can put on zits, and it makes your zits go away.

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The Queen is not supposed to have a favourite or prefer anything. From a very young age, they are taught that if you fall down, you don't make a face; you keep your emotions under control, and you don't let other people know what you're feeling. That's a very different kind of way of thinking from how I was brought up.

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I was brought up to express myself and say how I was feeling.

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My grandmother was British and in the Women's Auxiliary Royal Air Force in World War II.

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I have a regular life, and I do that intentionally: hanging out with my friends, cooking dinner for my boyfriend.

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I think my generation is defining themselves as Canadian artists.

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