Lena Olin famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why.
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To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.'
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I always sort of create practical problems so that I don't have to see a film I've just done. I'm too vulnerable, too fragile. People see your work, and there's nothing you can do. You're completely exposed.
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Everyone is complicated one way or another. But it's interesting to dig into a complicated character, to try to find that within yourself.
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Choosing a role is very difficult. There's no way to have a strategy.
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I love the camera; there's something very special and sensual about it, and I have a tendency to call it a he, like it was a man. But, unlike a man, a camera is accepting of everything I do.
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I'm not regimented. I don't diet, and I exercise the way I want to.
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I use myself for each part. Naturally, it's my body, it's my soul, it's my feelings. That's the only way I know how to work. I couldn't pretend.
-- Lena Olin
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My favorite thing about L.A. is the sunny breezes that mimic the mindset of the energy in the people.
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Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.
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Right now I'd say my favorite fashion designer is Zac Posen.
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Lies kill love, it's been said. Well, what about frankness, then.
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It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.
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One attacks those who possess things that one does not possess. The attack is all the more savage because the one who attacks is destitute and the one who is attacked is well provided. The one who attacks always considers himself to be in the position of legitimate offense.
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Playing well with others isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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I was very interested in that. It is very important to have confidence as well as to build up experience.
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