Gillian Anderson Quotes

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.

I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.

Let's stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesn't fit into our boxed-in perceptions of what is right.

I was a good liar as a child.

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships-the ones that last-are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship.

I wouldn't say I'm normal. But I'm relatively stable. When I think of normal, I think of mediocrity, and mediocrity scares the f--- out of me.

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it's about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive influence on their lives and the lives of their young daughters. That's a great feeling.

I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn't have any friends, I didn't fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.

I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head. And I regret that.

We can only make ourselves the victim.

My default is self-destruction, and anything on top of that is a bloody lot of work.

People come in and out of our lives to teach us. And we teach other people. It's part of the process. They come in and they go out. Some stay for longer than others.

Success has nothing to do with happiness.

I'm actually very scared of sharks. I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was young, which may not have been compatible with that fear.

We have to raise the status of girls and women in every country.

There is a difference between being listened to and being heard.

Human trafficking is a globally assisted pandemic that generates billions of dollars of income a year.

I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way.

The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive.

Sometimes I read a script and it's obvious from early on that it's one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page one. Some are more reality-based.

I truly beleive that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us.

So much of this world is based on illusion, temporaries, and disposability that I think it's essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.

I think she definitely has. I think, um, her and Mulder's relationship has become more equal. And, I think she has become stronger and more independent over the seasons.

When the show's not around any more, it's going to be hard not to have her in my life.

[on her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on The X-Files (1993)] I am more spontaneous than my character.

I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day

When I'm inside the character, I feel like I'm a different person, and then when you see that character on screen and I see that it's me, I find that disappointing.

When I think of normality I think of mediocrity

Thinking man's crumpet? Well, it's more flattering than being a lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose.

I didn't pay as much attention in school as I would have liked to.

It's taken a while for me to convince people that I can do something other than Scully. And it still takes effort.

There is this view that if you are not tormented you cannot be vital and creative. I would like to think that is not true.

Vibration is always good. Sitting on top of the washing machine thats going.

I will only take something or agree to do something that I feel like I understand, and inherent in understanding is empathy.

Only once have I taken on a role where I felt that I didn't quite understand her, but I said yes anyway. I don't think I'll ever do that again.

Sometimes I struggle to watch stuff that I've done and sometimes I don't, and I'm sure that my judgment is based on whether I feel like I accomplished what I set out to accomplish.

Having been Scully for such a long time, I have to prove myself in other roles.

We are all dying. Every single day that we are alive.

I'm sure with a production that's not particularly well received or mediocrely received, it must be incredibly challenging to get up and keep doing it.

I'm a massive fan of Sunshine. Oh my God, I love that film.

What happens in our lives is not really anybody's fault but our own... When I was in high school, I was in an atheist crowd, and it was the consensus that religion was a crutch.

I always felt I wasn't completely American and I wasn't completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both places.

Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.

It's a proven fact that when you raise the status of girls and women in a country, that country does much better economically.

I’m trying to accept where I’m at, not run from it.

I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.