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Olivia Wilde, born on March 10, 1984, is an accomplished American actress. She has gained widespread acclaim for her performances in various film and television projects, including 'Agent Carter' and 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'.

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Famous Olivia Wilde Quotes

“The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. The gift of motherhood is the selflessness that it introduces you to, and I think that's really freeing... I think it allows you to put yourself in other people's shoes...the empathy that it slugs you with, being a mother. And I think it makes you a better storyteller.”

People Thinking Firsts Mother Parent Becoming Empathy Shoes Motherhood Priorities Introducing Selflessness Storyteller Amazing Things Being A Mother Slugs Becoming A Parent

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“In the next election, can we vote to ban those ribbon things that kind of keep clothing on hangers but really just hang out of your armpits?”

Kind Next Clothes Vote Election Hanging Out Clothings Bans Ribbons Hangers Armpits

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“In fact, I'm softer than I've ever been, including that unfortunate semester in high school when I simultaneously discovered Krispy Kreme and pot.”

Facts School High School Including Pot Unfortunate Semester Krispy Kreme

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“Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game. But I am also thirsty for input. I'm not a dunce whose only skill is knowing how to take a photograph, you know? And at the end of the day, I think it makes me slightly less replaceable.”

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“I was just learning to be by myself. He seemed to really see me, see through the bullshit...He was so handsome, and he could dance. I thought, 'He won't be interested in me; I'm not a contender. He was so cool, so funny - I was such a fan of his and had always fancied his speed and his intelligence. I thought, 'I'm not beautiful enough or his type.'”

Enough Beautiful Fans Type Speed Bullshit Handsome

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“It's great to know you've earned your place and to know that you are right for the role because my biggest fear is being offered something and showing up on set and doing one day and everyone going, "Oh geez, oh no, this isn't, she isn't.." and feeling that way myself.”

Knows Way Feelings Roles One Day Showing Up Biggest Fear

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“So are all the kids on the East Coast repeating school next year? Get ready to see a lot of hairy eighth graders. Storm brain drain.”

Years Kids School Next Community Brain Education Comedy Generations Ready Social Media Storm East Coast Next Year Drains East Coast Brain Drain

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“When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish.”

Courses Compromise Unselfish Romantic Relationship

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“As a woman who works in a male-dominated business - Hollywood, definitely, being one of them - I instinctually knew what that is like. You have to be strong and take care of yourself.”

Care Strong Like You Hollywood Males Take Care Take Care Of Yourself

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“It seems like a dangerous concept to have someone who's just your drinking buddy. Someone you have nothing in common with, if you're sober, is probably not a good, healthy friendship.”

Ifs Seems Common Dangerous Healthy Concepts Drinking Sober Buddy Good Health Drinking Buddy

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“I have a lot of friends who I really feel like I can kick back with and let all pretense go and be very comfortable with.”

Feels I Can Comfortable Kicks Pretense Lots Of Friends

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“The difference between romantic love and friendship love is that romantic love involves a lot of compromise. It is a very giving type of love. With friendship, you can be a little bit more autonomous. You are not expected to compromise, in the same way. Maybe that's why friendships tend to last longer.”

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“Music plays a big part in my life. I am a big music nerd.”

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“My life is about politics, a lot of about music, and a lot about things other than acting. I like traveling the world. But, what makes me want to stay in this business and keep doing this are movies when it's a true labor of love.”

World Want Life Is Acting Labor Labor Of Love

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“I love the eyebrow pencils. I do my brows every day. I won't leave my house without my brows! My beauty disaster from childhood was trying to look like Kate Moss and plucking all my brows off.”

Trying Looks House Childhood Disaster Pencils Eyebrows Kate Brows Moss

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“Looking natural takes so long! If you look at the runways, the look for models is predominantly natural, isn't it?”

Ifs Looks Long Natural Models Runway

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“I also discovered Pilates when I got pregnant, as people kept saying it's a great way to stay in shape, and now I can't get enough - it's amazing. It helps with aches and pain and, even for non-pregnant people, it's a great way of getting those lean muscles.”

People Way I Can Enough Helping Pain Shapes Muscles Pregnant Ache Pilates Aches And Pains

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“I had imaginary friends and even they were mean to me.”

Inspirational Mean Motivational Funny Imaginary Imaginary Friend

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“A real feminist doesn't apologize for her beauty. You can be a sexy, beautiful woman and be the smartest person in the room.”

Persons Real Beautiful Rooms Feminist Sexy Apologizing Beautiful Women Her Beauty

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“The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse.”

Feels Mark Inspired Partnership Continuing Spouse Good Marriage

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“I've learned that it's important to spend some time in a relationship with yourself and not being defined by your partner.”

Important Partners Defined I've Learned

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“I was much more into romance as a teenager and it's been a kind of new discovery for me to learn about sci-fi adventure. I think it's a really interesting genre and it's all about imagination. It's boundless what you can do in these stories.”

Thinking Kind Stories Romance Can Do Imagination Interesting Adventure Discovery Teenager Genre Sci Fi Boundless Really Interesting New Discoveries

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“I can never describe myself as a movie star. I don't know when that happens but it's certainly not me.”

Knows I Can Happens Stars Movie Star Describe Myself

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“I think that you sign a sort of unwritten contract when you become a public figure, when you become an actor, that you're sacrificing a certain amount of privacy and parts of your life change.”

Thinking Certain Actors Sacrifice Figures Amount Life Changing Privacy Contracts Unwritten Public Figures

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“The opportunity to be able to tell stories to a massive audience is really incredible and this job couldn't be more satisfying. So, any drawbacks I think are worth it if you really enjoy the work. I hope to be doing this until I die.”

Ifs Thinking Stories Able Jobs Dies Opportunity Enjoy Audience Incredibles Massive Satisfying Worth It Drawbacks

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“Anything that becomes an obstacle in life is only an opportunity to learn and it's the same in any profession I think.”

Thinking Life Is Opportunity Obstacles Profession Opportunities To Learn Obstacle In Life

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“I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie.”

Writing Process Writing Process

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“Writers get to know me very well. It always serves me in the end because I feel I have a deeper understanding of the character and sometimes they really like my ideas and they use them.”

Knows Feels Wells Ideas Ends Sometimes Character Use Understanding Deeper Know Me Deeper Understanding Get To Know Me

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“What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit.”

Kind Littles Happens Film Certain Fall Actors Found Bits Challenges Memories Interesting Information Scene Little Bit Shots Fades Our Memories

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“We need to remind ourselves of the beauty of human connection and of nature and pull ourselves out of devices for a moment and appreciate what it is just to be human beings.”

Needs Humans Moments Human Beings Appreciate Connections Devices Human Connection

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“Not eating meat really keeps me trim....meat, and what's usually served with it, is a big calorie packer.”

Bigs Eating Meat Calories Eating Meat Packers

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“I loved being pregnant. I felt unapologetically curvy, sexy, and intensely feminine. After giving birth I joined the ranks of millions of new mothers when I moaned, 'Why do I still look pregnant?'”

Giving Looks Stills Mother Felt Millions Birth Sexy Feminine Pregnant Giving Birth Curvy Being Pregnant New Mother

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“Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made.”

Thinking Way Made Stories Film Changed Industry Music Is Music Industry Great Film Jagger

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“I think my confidence has developed over the years, in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.”

Thinking Want Years Term Speed

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“Early on, I knew I had ideas, but I wasn't sure when it was appropriate to bring them to the table and I was so intimidated by these titans that I was working for.”

Ideas Tables Appropriate Intimidated Titans

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“I have to say that I approach every project with the same energy. I also think that, since I started producing, I see the process from a different perspective, which affects the way I jump on board immediately.”

Thinking Way Different Energy Process Perspective Projects Approach Boards Different Perspective

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“The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy.”

Feels Ends Tragedy Mark Inspired Staying Partnership Continuing Spouse Tao Good Marriage

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“I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity.”

Thinking Fighting Causes Ruins Insecurity

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“But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.”

Ifs Ends Feelings Left Journey Dry Life Journey Great Feelings

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“I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity.”

Thinking Men Emotional Scared Sensitive Infidelity

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“I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.”

Wanted Brother Bunch My Brother Adopted Great Friend

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“Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.”

Young Risk Optimism Fearless Romanticism Unimaginable

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“When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.”

Actors You Choose Odds Against The Odds

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“All actors should experience public failure.”

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“I am a big music nerd.”

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“I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.”

Years Firsts Careers

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“I do not tweeze my eyebrows. I've been letting them grow out for years. I try to fill them in wherever nature has abandoned me.”

Trying Years Grows Abandoned Eyebrows

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“I don't own a scale, and Tao banned the word 'fat' from our house. If we eat too much, we say, 'I feel clogged up.'”

Ifs Feels House Too Much Scales Fats Tao Banned

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“I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.”

Feels Persons Planets Departure

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“I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.”

Inspirational Funny Acting Theater Moved Pursue Los Angeles Graduates Graduation

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About the Author

Born: March 10, 1984
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 145

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