Ellen Page Quotes

I wish transphobia, biphobia, homophobia didn't exist, and I wish that's what the show could just be, but sadly that's not the situation around the world.

I guess I notice things as a woman just in the way I'm spoken to.

I hope I continue to learn more. It's a lot to learn.

I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s.

The relationships I've had with my girl friends are so powerful and meaningful. Without them I truly don't know what I'd do.

And I think it's really easy for people to point out hypocrisy in people's lives.

And I've shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I've shot in some intense, intense temperatures.

I think there's a tremendous amount of guilt that goes on between mothers and daughters, no matter how good or bad their relationships are.

The more time went by, the more something just happened, an Oh my god - I want to love someone freely and walk down the street and hold my girlfriend's hand.

I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget.

By focusing on the community, you can learn more about the whole country.

It's just something we're talking about and thinking about all the time, reflecting on our privilege - the privilege of what it means even be able to travel.

Movies don't necessarily change culture. I don't know if we know for sure if movies change culture but we know for sure that they reflect culture.

I don't care if people like my character. I just want them to think about the movie's message.

I’m a huge fan of the program Democracy Now, which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast.

I'm not good at watching stuff that I'm in at all. I should stop. I shouldn't watch something for the first time with a room full of people at Sundance. It's not a good idea.

I think, because I've been working for a while, I've been working since I was ten, I had the fortune of reading a lot, a lot of scripts.

Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together right now, because the planet is in a lot of pain.

The quality most important to me, in the films I make, is honesty.

There’s obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.

I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men.

I don't want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I'm grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I'm not doing it.

But I've never been really rebellious. I've got a lot of support and I'm not pushed so hard that I feel like I'm going to burn out, which is what happens to a lot of actors in their early twenties.

I'm kind of getting more excited about developing my own stuff, or getting involved early in projects and doing my best to make things that I care about happen.

X-Men is massive, like nothing I've ever experienced. But great in its own way.

I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can't, because if I get injured, I'll impair whatever film I'm working on.

Sometimes I see movies and I get almost angry - because I'm like, I can never make that movie. It stems from a jealousy, but from a good kind of jealousy. It's inspirational.

I'm actually just playing honest, whole young women.