Sarah Michelle Gellar Quotes

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

I think it's a mistake if people just fall in love and think that that's the only thing you need to keep you happy. There's a lot more to being with someone than just love.

I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.

I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know.

You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

I've always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.

I believe in myself, and I've always had people behind me who believed in me. With that, you can do anything.

The flashbacks are a great way to give answers to the story.

Being outspoken has always gotten me into trouble. I'm just this little thing and then all of a sudden it comes out.

I love Australia. My dream would be to have a place to live there and be able to commute back and forth

I don't want to feel like a failure to my daughter. She's the best thing I've ever done. Buffy - pretty great and all, but Charlotte's way better.

Everything I am is because of my mom.

Being a teen idol is what I've waited for my whole life

There's a part of me that will always believe that Angel is Buffy's true love. That there will be a piece of her heart that will always be with him for the rest of her life.

I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.

There's no such thing as a supermom. We just do the best we can.

In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top

How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals.

It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman

Really, how bad is eating a piece of cake? Being bad is murdering someone. That's bad. Don't do that.

I try never to say no when it comes to creativity, but I do try and lead down an "appropriate road" - like not on furniture or the walls.

You need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep [your] character interesting.

Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly.

I think that's what growing up is all about. It's about taking on new responsibilities and learning what you can handle, and learning what you can't.

I'm always the one who gets killed. And I want it to be really gory. Body parts all over the place. Mangled!

There's always something about home that's special.

I would dye my hair every week. I wanted to be a really goth teenager.

You have to remember once in a while that you can actually stop working and appreciate things.

You're always homesick.

You're always homesick. There's always something about home that's special. But I'm not a things person. I'm not attached to my things.

I love my friends. They're my family.

I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.

How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.

I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel.

I'm definitely leading a much slower life now that I'm not working every single day on a television series.

Whether it's a big dinner party or people just coming over to hang out, I just love to spend time with them.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work

I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life.

I think I lead a really real life.

I don't get the whole getting drunk thing.

All joking aside, I'm a television watcher and I get frustrated with shows sometimes when they set up puzzles and then they don't give answers. It's just more questions and more questions.

My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time.

You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner.

It's a terrible process, what you go through, during pilot season. All the shows turn themselves in and there is a good four to six weeks before you get phone call.

I am definitely a Type-A, tidy, everything-has-a-place kind of person, so initially encouraging a mess was against my nature. But once you realize all the benefits, it's pretty simple to let that go.

There’s a lot more to being with someone than just love.

I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife.

If you love someone and you choose to spend the rest of your life with that person, that's your partner in every way.

A lot of times [in the movie industry], women are relegated to playing the wife or girlfriend or daughter.

I've always been fascinated by Japanese culture.