Mary Elizabeth Winstead Quotes

I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

I was that overachieving, annoying kid who was always trying to win some contest or win the role. I look back on it now and I'm like, "Chill, man." Calm down.

I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

It's just about trying to find material where I'm doing more than just being a plot device. I want to actually get to do scenes that go to interesting places and are challenging to me.

I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.

If you let too many cooks in the kitchen it could cloud your vision of what you want to do.

I've always been a huge fan of 'The Shining,' and 'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my favorite films of all time.

I was always a performing arts kid in general - but I felt like my ultimate goal was to be an actress and be in films.

I want to be inspired by the characters that I play and excited by the projects that I do.

Anytime I'm given scripts where I'm sort of the fantasy girl, it's hard for me because that's not real and I don't think it's a great thing to put out there consistently.

Normally as an actress you're constantly worried that people think you don't look good enough. It's just like an unnecessary stress that's just frustrating.

When I was 10, my school did Romeo and Juliet. I was Juliet, and that was, like, the biggest deal ever. I was completely obsessed with the role.

In ballet, I felt that no matter how good I was, if I didn't have the right body type or if I didn't fit a certain mold there was nothing I could do.

I love playing characters that are strong, when there's physicality involved.

I realized that the people weren't just characters but they were people and they were getting to do something that was so fun and I wanted to be a part of it.

You're literally sized up with measuring tape as a 13- or 14-year-old girl. I wanted to opt out of that experience.

Kensington Market is a must visit place in Toronto.

I mean every character you totally, you know, the full fiber of the personality is kept in the film, and all of those little moments, all those funny little tidbits are all in there.

I don't have any premonitions. I don't have any supernatural powers. I just have a typical woman's intuition, and I go with that.

I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.

I can remember when Pulp Fiction came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you're speaking two different languages.

I can't say I was much of a gamer growing up or that I am now, but I'm certainly part of that culture or it's part of, you know, the sort of time that I grew up in.

But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself.

I love anybody who's willing to stick to their own vision, their own voice, who's not easily swayed by money or by financers who are going to tell them what they should do.

Usually a lot of moviemaking is boring.

I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer.

My first movie was a movie that had a bunch of people dying in it - the typical popcorn movie. That's where I got my start.

You have to believe that it is what you want to do with your life and you have to be dedicated to it.

I'm a fan of films in general; I mean, I don't think I've ever considered myself specifically a horror fan even though I do enjoy horror films, find them really entertaining.

Obviously, we're all going to die at some point. Whether or not we are fated to die in some way I think is debatable. I just don't know which side to debate.

To me it's so much like Spaced in that way. Um, which I love so much, so I think fans of that and fans of the comics are going to really see that up on the screen.

I've never worn incredible clothes - I'm not used to playing someone so put together and fashionable.

I have a lot of different traits to my personality, depending on who I'm around, and what the dynamic in the situation is.

Once I've accepted a role, I'll let my parents and my sisters read it because they find it entertaining.

I always felt that my talent would trump everything.

I was kind of embarrassed by some of the films I had done. I was like, "Oh, they're going to think I don't have street cred."

The more I work the happier I am.

I think when I was 12, when, like, 'Titanic' and 'Romeo + Juliet' came out, my friends and I made our own Leonardo DiCaprio fan club. I definitely had a thing for him.

It's surprising to a lot of people because ballerinas look so long, but it's more of a proportion thing. Their legs are long in proportion to their body but in reality they're very tiny.

I think my drive to work has gone up a bit since I've gotten older.

We make conscious choices to do something a certain way.

I do want to direct, eventually. I don't know if it will be a short film or a music video or a feature, but I know that I want to at least try it and see.

I grew up in a big movie house, we watched movies all the time, so I had an awareness at a very young age that that was a job that you could have.

I've been performing since I came out of the womb. I've been dancing and singing since I was a toddler. Acting seemed like a natural progression from that.