Elliot Page Quotes
People ask if I'm concerned about getting pigeonholed. No one asks, 'Ellen, you've done seven straight roles in a row. Shouldn't you shake it up, do something queer?' There's still that double standard.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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You must prune dead or dying wood.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I find the business world hard.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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I'll put the Packers' best players on defense. It's best for a team and good for its morale.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
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'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories.
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Laws matter. With effective implementation and enforcement, good laws can nudge forward positive changes in social and cultural mores.
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I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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I had BEEN making futuristic records way before a lot of the groups that came out, but now everybody is running to make their albums sound new, but it sounds too made up.
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I never leaked information to Woodward and Bernstein or anyone else!
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I don't see any harm with coming out and talking about your life and talking about problems and talking about things that happened when you're past certain situations.
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People ask if I'm concerned about getting pigeonholed. No one asks, 'Ellen, you've done seven straight roles in a row. Shouldn't you shake it up, do something queer?' There's still that double standard.
