Olivia Wilde Quotes

I am a big music nerd.

If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.

It's boring to play the girl role!

I shaved the back of my head once and did the asymmetrical hair.

You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.

I wanted to be on 'Saturday Night Live' since I was ten.

I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.

I've learned that it's important to spend some time in a relationship with yourself and not being defined by your partner.

I was a handful growing up.

It would be so depressing to be a model and not get to say a word. There's no personality involved.

I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.

I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not apologize for beauty.

When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish.

I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor.

If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.

When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.

Do some yoga. I never feel more beautiful than after I've really spent some time breathing.

Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought.

Not everything has to be a couples' event.

I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend.

Not eating meat really keeps me trim ... meat, and what's usually served with it, is a big calorie packer.

I don't think anyone should apologize for being sexy if it comes from a genuine place, if they're not being forced into an objectifying situation.

If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter.

I'm still a student of fashion, but I like hooking up with the people that really know how to make cool clothes.

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.

I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.

I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity.

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.

In fact, I'm softer than I've ever been, including that unfortunate semester in high school when I simultaneously discovered Krispy Kreme and pot,

I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette.

I do not tweeze my eyebrows. I've been letting them grow out for years. I try to fill them in wherever nature has abandoned me.

People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.

All actors should experience public failure.

In the next election, can we vote to ban those ribbon things that kind of keep clothing on hangers but really just hang out of your armpits?

I have a lot of friends who I really feel like I can kick back with and let all pretense go and be very comfortable with.

Anything that becomes an obstacle in life is only an opportunity to learn and it's the same in any profession I think.

I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.

A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend.

Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.

So are all the kids on the East Coast repeating school next year? Get ready to see a lot of hairy eighth graders. Storm brain drain.

It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.

I think my confidence has developed over the years, in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.

I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie.

In a relationship I'm a very loving person, emotional and sensitive.

When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV.

If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.

I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.

When I kiss a girl for a part, people think it's sexy. But if two guys kiss, suddenly there's a backlash. It's a double standard.

I used to experiment all the time with my hair color.

Looking natural takes so long! If you look at the runways, the look for models is predominantly natural, isn't it?

Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.

Ladies and gentlemen, Otis Alexander Sudeikis has LEFT the building! (I'm the building)

Friends, haters, it's Twitter poll time. What do you think most holds back justice and equality for women? All thoughts welcome!

Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity.

Being vegan is not always easy and accessible. But it's a way of life and makes me as a person feel really good and physically look better.

I know, I've never had boobs before!

If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.

I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic.

Power tends to get confused with repression.

Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl could never enter the competition.

In a thousand years, archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment.

I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it.

I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible.

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.

In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.

I can never describe myself as a movie star. I don't know when that happens but it's certainly not me.

Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.

I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'

When I have really blonde hair, I usually go for a more natural look, wearing way less makeup.

I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.

[We] have sex like Kenyan marathon runners.

I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.

I don't own a scale, and Tao banned the word 'fat' from our house. If we eat too much, we say, 'I feel clogged up.'

Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made.

At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.

I used to play hooky from school so I could watch cooking shows.

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.

Inspiration is the key to everything.

Music plays a big part in my life. I am a big music nerd.

I could find David Beckham naked in a cardboard box on my doorstep and I would drop him off at the pound.

My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.

We fall in love with one version of someone and we expect them to stay that way, but they never do.

I had imaginary friends and even they were mean to me.

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.