“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.” ThinkingCertainActorsSacrificeFiguresAmountLife ChangingPrivacyContractsUnwrittenPublic Figures Author:Olivia Wilde
“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.” KindLittlesHappensFilmCertainFallActorsFoundBitsChallengesMemoriesInterestingInformationSceneLittle BitShotsFadesOur Memories Author:Olivia Wilde
“When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.” ActorsYou ChooseOddsAgainst The Odds Author:Olivia Wilde
“Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.” MightActorsDirectorsTablesBurningCastingChicksCasting DirectorsHeadshots Author:Olivia Wilde
“It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace.” KindDifferentCharacterShowsActorsOpportunityLeftTypeLuxuryAliensPaceCowboy Author:Olivia Wilde
“I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor.” ThinkingActorsProfessionInsaneAsylumsInsane Asylum Author:Olivia Wilde