Olivia Thirlby famous quotes

04-17-2025

I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Eye #Journey #Thinking
Sometimes in my life I feel like a bit of a sorceress who can't totally control all their power. I'm a Libra, so... Libra women are pretty magical.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Sometimes #Sorceress #Feels
I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Believe #Fighting #Bisexual
Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Ideas #Work Out #Acting
I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape.' I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I'm okay with that in my personal life. But it is kind of hard at times. I feel inadequate, I suppose?
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Girl #Skinny #Shapes
I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Opportunity #Men #Appreciate
I did 'Nobody Walks' right after 'Dredd.' Well, actually, I got off the plane from Capetown where we shot 'Dredd' and tested for 'Being Flynn' that same day. Then I came out to L.A. to make this film right after that so it was all very back to back.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Film #Shots #Planes
I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Stars #Thinking #Space
I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Strong #Moving #Keys
I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Dream #Lucky #Juice
I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Dad #Cooking #Style
I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Goal #Feelings #Might
I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass. But, what really attracted me to 'Dredd' was the script. It was fantastic! It was about people and characters, and not just about explosions and fighting.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Dream #Character #Fighting
My boyfriend and I just got a projector, so we've been screening movies on the roof and projecting them against the wall next door. The last one we did, the theme was, 'The Russians are coming.' So we screened 'Red Dawn' and 'Top Gun.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Wall #Gun #Doors
The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#New York #Cities #Desire
I'm such a homebody. I don't party. I don't drink. That may be because I got it out all out of my system before I was 18.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Party #May #Drink
My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Jobs #Crazy #Yoga
'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Years #Interesting #Red
I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Thinking #Flaws #Feels
I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Hair #Naked #Hats
I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Tragedy #Comedy
I'm not an eye-candy kind of girl.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Girl #Eye #Kind
But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time. The style of filmmaking and the performances... you don't feel like you're watching a film.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Perspective #Style #Actresses
I feel naked without jewelry.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Naked #Jewelry #Feels
Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#People #Together #Film
But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Team #Giving #Stuff
I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Teenager #Littles #Social
There's so much with my character in 'Dredd' that I identify with. She's my favorite character I think I've ever played. She's the most dynamic and fascinating woman that I could even imagine playing, so I love her. What I love about her is that her sensitivity is her greatest strength.
-- Olivia Thirlby

#Character #Thinking #Imagine

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