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Milla Jovovich

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Actress

Milla Jovovich, born on December 17, 1975, is an internationally renowned actress. She gained widespread popularity for her role as Alice in the Resident Evil film series and has been nominated for multiple awards for her performance. Besides her acting career, Jovovich has ventured into the music industry, releasing her own albums. Her career is filled with challenges, but she has established herself in Hollywood with her talent and hard work.

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“Its going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to ourselves where we can refuge ourselves and cut ourselves off from the world.”

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“I thought that being popular in school was just so pathetic. I knew I had a future over and beyond the horizon of that school.”

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“There are many times where even I, at certain points in the evening, after a few drinks, can't pronounce my own surname.”

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“I was also an only child and my father really wanted a son - he's from that generation - it was always about kung-fu theater on Sundays and boxing games on the weekend.”

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“I feel that the connection with children and mothers is so strong in places where there are not so many 'things' to get in the way, no electronic distraction devices, no high-tech baby equipment, just a mother carrying her little one everywhere, sharing a family bed and having the help of all the other women around to raise the baby.”

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“I love to draw, so I really want to go and study art. I've never done things for me. I've always done things for my career or for my family.”

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“I've never actually seen a 3-D movie. I've seen some dailies in 3-D and it kind of gives me a headache. But it looks really cool.”

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“I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist.”

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“You know, women are so much cooler than guys because we can do more martial arts. Martial arts are pretty much made for women because we're quicker and we're smaller than men, and so we're faster. You girls really should take martial arts.”

Knows Men Should Art Made Guy Girl Can Do Faster Martial Arts

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“Self-defense is so important to know in today's society. It's not just that you might get mugged. It's more for confidence. It's the way you hold yourself when you walk into a room. Every step you take is more sure and you're much more aware of your surroundings. So, I think it's a really important thing - especially for women.”

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“Girls who are dancers tend to be much better models than girls who just got picked off the street. Dance is a discipline, just like martial arts. No matter what you do, you have this sort of confidence that no one can take away from you - every time you step somewhere, you're sure of where you're going.”

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“I was in acting classes from the age of 9, dance classes, music classes - my mom put a lot of energy and attention into me, so no matter what happened in my life, I always had this basis of discipline. So I really worked hard for everything I had from a very early age.”

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“I guess the most difficult thing for me was living up to my mom's expectations. I was always scared that if I didn't do things in this certain way, then my mom just wouldn't think I was great. That's something that was difficult for me growing up.”

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“My husband is like, "Oh, thank God we didn't have a boy, because there's this train set that I've always wanted, and these Star Wars spaceships . . ." They say, "Don't spoil your kids," but it's one thing spoiling your kids, it's another thing spoiling yourself.”

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“Everybody needs to go to Mongolia just to see what it is to be a human being again.”

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“When I think about myself at 15, I can't relate to myself at all. I thought I knew everything.”

Thinking I Can Relate

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“For me, having kids put so much into perspective. I wasn't so worried about my career and what I did or didn't achieve. Because, suddenly, I was like, "As long as this baby is healthy and safe, everything else is fine."”

Long Kids Careers Achieve Perspective Baby Fine Healthy Safe Worried Having Kids

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“Video games are perfect to make into films because they are so visual.”

Film Games Perfect Video Visuals

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“When you're doing martial arts, you feel like you can master certain skills and be so much more in control of who you are, so that really appealed to me.”

Feels Art Certain Masters Like You Skills Who You Are Martial Arts

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“I really connected with martial arts. I'd always had a fantasy as a kid of being a ninja warrior, so it definitely answered that sort of need in my psyche, too - a need to be superpowerful.”

Needs Art Kids Fantasy Connected Warrior Martial Arts Ninja

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“Unfortunately, I don't train enough on an everyday basis to be a black belt, but if I put my mind to it I think I could definitely move very quickly in that world.”

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“I feel like confidence is something that ebbs and flows. I was given a lot of love and attention from my family growing up, so for sure I had a natural confidence.”

Feels Given Natural Attention Growing Up Growing Flow My Family Ebb And Flow Family Growing Up

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“Statistically you take thousands of photographs of your first kid, and then with your second kidyou take about half of that. And then with your third kid, you, like, pawn off your first and second kids' photographs and tell them they're theirs.”

Firsts Kids Half Thirds Photograph Pawns

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“Before, being a model, it was just a job, and I was making fun of it. But today, I take my career more seriously.”

Today Jobs Fun Careers Models

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“Scratch a Russian, and you'll find a peasant.”

Scratches Peasants

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“I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot.”

Girl Strong Ukrainian

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“I love all the cableknits and the oversize coats.”

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“I'm very into the japanese sensibility. Oversize coats and baggy trousers.”

Sensibility Coats Trousers

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“I've been really into boyfriend blazers, I like mixing tweeds with floral fabrics. The masculine and feminine look.”

Looks Feminine Fabric Masculine Mixing Blazers Masculine And Feminine Tweed

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“It has to start from the inside. I've been juicing like crazy, vegetable juice all day long - instead of drinking coffee. I love green juice, and it's amazing how much more energy I have, my skin looks better. Cleansing and moisturizing every morning and night is also really important, but you can't just depend on your creams. I have to do more for the inside so it shows on the outside.”

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“Bringing all 45 members of my crazy family together, and watching them argue is super awesome. It's good to do it just once a year.”

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“I went to Mongolia many years ago and it was so incredible.”

Years Years Ago Incredibles Mongolia

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“I took my little brother, and we went from Beijing to Ulan Bator, and then took a helicopter to the southern Gobi. Streams, grass, and sand dunes to climb. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Everybody needs to go to Mongolia just to see what it is to be a human being again.”

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“I started super young, but when I think about myself at that age - what I thought I knew, and how priggish I was, how certain of things - now I realize that nothing is certain.”

Thinking Age Young Certain Realizing

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“You have the energy when you're a kid to really fight for rights - that's why kids make great soldiers, right?”

Kids Fighting Energy Rights Soldier

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“I've always found that it's such an emotional experience, trying to find the good parts of a bad character or the bad parts of a good character, and in the end, most of these qualities are already there inside me.”

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“When I did The Fifth Element [1997], it was like, "Oh my goodness, who is this character?" I loved doing Resident Evil, but Resident Evil is Resident Evil with or without me. It's an entity of its own. It's not like Milla made Resident Evil.”

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“There is all this controversy that women and girls are too skinny or too overweight. I say to just do martial arts and everything will be okay. You will tone up your body and find a confidence you can't find just sitting around watching TV and hanging out with friends.”

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“During the day I force myself to at least eat some salads rather than rubbish, and a steak in the evening. In fact, I eat to basically satisfy my hunger. I hardly have the time to appreciate a meal, and I'm everything, but a gourmet.”

Facts Force Appreciate Hunger Evening Meals Salad Rubbish Steak Gourmet

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“I feel like movie stars don't have many friends at all. They have acquaintances.”

Feels Stars Movie Star Acquaintance Many Friends

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“If you feel like you're helping someone else, it helps you feel more in control of your world.”

Ifs World Feels Helping Like You Helping Someone

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“What's interesting about the movie and characters is that they're one thing to the world and another thing in their heads.”

World Character Interesting One Thing

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“I felt violated after certain scenes in the movie [Stone]. She [Lucetta] is a tough character. The choices she makes, especially her sexual choices... it was hard for me to put myself out there like that.”

Hard Character Certain Choices Felt Scene Tough Stones

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“It was hard not to feel violated [in Stone movie], 'cause I have to go home after walking in these shoes all day. It plays a number on your head. Some days I came home and was really upset; it was hard to see the baby [Jovovich's 2-year-old daughter].”

Feels Hard Play Home Causes Numbers Baby Walking Stones Shoes Upset

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“What attracted me to A Perfect Getaway was that I sorta played a girlfriend role for, you know, 85 percent of the film. That was really interesting to me, because I'd never really played a girlfriend before.”

Knows Film Perfect Interesting Roles Percent Girlfriend Really Interesting Getaways

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“I've always been attracted to characters that were interesting to me, and different.”

Different Character Interesting

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“Unfortunately, the small comedies I've done have hardly seen the light of day, which is kinda sad. Dirty Girl was a lot of fun, and I'm so glad it got picked up in Toronto. People really liked it!”

People Done Light Girl Fun Comedy Glad Dirty Toronto

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“I grew up with Thundercats and She-Ra: Princess Of Power. That was sort of my take on fantasy: the women after-school cartoon world.”

World School Fantasy Grew Grew Up Princess Cartoon After School

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“That was the action figure I was playing with. I grew up having this fantasy of being a superhero, being Princess Power.”

Action Fantasy Figures Grew Grew Up Princess Superhero Action Figures

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“I love the training, learning the stunts, doing them. I love feeling that power - doing things you could never actually do in life - like flying and doing backflips in the air!”

Feelings Air Training Flying Love Feeling Backflips

Author:Milla Jovovich

About the Author

Born: December 17, 1975
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 66

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