Elizabeth Olsen Quotes
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The tabloids create their own stories about people's lives that don't exist.
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My brother knows more about film sets than I do, because he works at New York Film Academy.
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I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.
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What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people.
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I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother.
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Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people.
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But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.
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I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere.
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I've always had a complex about being taken seriously.
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I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.
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I really actually enjoy auditioning.
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I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.
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Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.
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No, I wouldn't want the paparazzi ever following me in my life.
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I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.
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Yes, I don't read books for entertainment.
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Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.
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I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.
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I've always loved being a student.
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And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character.
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I'm the first one who sees every romantic comedy in theaters.
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'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it.
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I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.
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My friends and I started making films when I was still in kindergarten.