Selma Blair Professions : Film actress Born : June 23, 1972 Browse All Authors Top 75 quotes by Selma Blair In high school I would mess with my hair and makeup all the time. Selma Blair makeup hair school I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me. Selma Blair mother cute children I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I'd cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark. Selma Blair pimples red-lipstick used I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side. Selma Blair depressive hopeful sides I'm pretty much a loner and I've lived under the radar. Selma Blair loner radar I think I'm under the radar enough where I don't think I'm typecast as anything yet, so I'm pretty free and clear. Selma Blair clear enough thinking It's a sleepy, wonderful, idyllic town but there's a curse on it from 100 years ago, ... The people who died in this kind of boating accident have come back to take their revenge. Selma Blair revenge people years I can't afford security. I can't afford a gated house. So, I feel a little vulnerable. I wish some laws would come into play. Selma Blair law house play I remember the audition process for Xena: Warrior Princess; I was driving there and I was listening to The Cranberries' "Dreams," so I was thinking of that audition again recently with the sudden passing of Dolores O'Riordan, Cranberries singer. And I remember that song, I was like, "Okay, I can do anything" as I was driving onto the lot at Universal. Selma Blair princess dream song I do turn down things that I feel aren't right for me, like when it's some kind of adolescent thing that might typecast me, but I'm not worried about it. Selma Blair worried kind might I don't like slugs and tentacles and calamari or anything. Actually, tentacles made me turn into a vegetarian in high school. I'm not anymore, but in high school, we were dissecting squid. Selma Blair slugs squids school I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people. Selma Blair strange people thinking Everyone who's ever met Guillermo Del Toro knows that he's the most generous, creative, mind-bogglingly wonderful man. And I was so lucky that he had seen Storytelling and he asked me to do Hellboy. And then I watched Devil's Backbone and I was blown away. Selma Blair lucky creative men I have three sisters, that's it for the family. Selma Blair three-sisters three The problem with paparazzi is that it makes you question your boundaries, like, how do I say, Thats enough guys? Selma Blair guy problem boundaries My sister, I have a sister who's 12 years older, she was always the party girl, the outrageous one. Selma Blair party girl years Dark Horse was my second time working with Todd Solondz. I love him truly, very much. And I don't think he'd ever worked with an actor a second time. It was groundbreaking. Selma Blair i-love-him horse dark My mother dressed me always very conservatively. Selma Blair mother It's fun to play mom. Last I knew I was playing a 17-year-old who graduated. Selma Blair mom fun years I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business. Selma Blair voice acting people Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actress All Authors