Maika Monroe Quotes
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Knowing that anything can happen at any time, I made sure the people that I love know that.
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My dad took me to see James Brown live, and that's so cool, cause I don't think many people my age can say they saw James Brown. I'm pretty proud of that. That's the thing about me that no one really knows. I had to have been 6 or 7, but I remember it vividly.
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All my Dominican friends live in an area called Los Venaga. Their houses are shacks. They'd invite us over to dinner, and we'd sit in plastic chairs on the dirt inside a house.
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There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'
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When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family.
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I don't look at myself as a Scream Queen, and I don't plan on continuing on this genre route. If anything, I want to go very different places.
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I enjoy roles that are quite physical.
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If I met Jack Nicholson, I would probably get a little flustered. Not going to lie. I've watched his movies since I was so young. Such a fan.
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I grew up really loving old-school horror such as 'Halloween' and 'The Birds.'
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My goal is to continue to act and still be a professional kiteboarder.
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Horror movies can be - I don't wanna say not real, but so over-the-top: you can get scared 'cos things are loud and in-your-face, but these are real emotions that I'm using.
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Stick up for what you believe in and never, ever feel that you can't say something or speak your mind. I think that would be the best advice. Be strong. Be confident. That's really all you need.
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In the Dominican Republic, my mom and I lived in this little tiny town called Cabarete, which is very poor.
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I'm lucky because I remember my dad showing me 'Independence Day,' and I loved it.
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I think a superhero would be awesome to play.
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I like challenges. I think that's important.
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You go to see movies to feel something, and being terrified - there's something so fun about that.
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I grew up watching horror movies with my dad. For as long as I can remember. I grew up loving being terrified. 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' at sleepovers. Hiding behind my fingers.
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I wasn't thinking that I was two horrors back to back; I was thinking these were characters that I want to play.
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I started kite boarding when I was 13. My dad was a kite boarder, and I begged him to teach me until he finally agreed. He made me wait because it can be dangerous.
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There's some freedom that you get with indie films that you don't get with the big-budget ones. There's just a different style. I hope I can switch back and forth for the rest of my career, but I've kind of grown up on indies, and there's nothing better than working with these directors so closely and and being such a huge part of the process.
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They have so many great horror movies made in the '80s. I mean, the old-school horror is so good.
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I'd never thought of horror as being so challenging, but it is.
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I've cracked my head open before; I've had some great injuries. So I have to do it on the side now. I cracked my head open kiting before a competition in New Caledonia. The water was shallow, and I missed a trick and hit my head on a rock.