And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character. Elizabeth Olsen More Quotes by Elizabeth Olsen More Quotes From Elizabeth Olsen I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche. Elizabeth Olsen dancer mom two Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people. Elizabeth Olsen growing-up people thinking I've only done one shoot where it's modeling clothes, not like me in my environment. And the stylist, literally, I had her stand behind the photographer and do poses. Elizabeth Olsen stylist clothes done I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one. Elizabeth Olsen young-adult adults young I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening. Elizabeth Olsen theater film differences I never understood why anyone would do magazines. Like, why would someone put their face out there so much? It's because those people reading magazines will go see the movie, so you do it. Elizabeth Olsen magazines reading people But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that. Elizabeth Olsen scripts want book I just need to figure out how to grow without compromising. Elizabeth Olsen compromise figures needs When I was 13, I told my parents I didn't believe in God any more. Religion should not be about determining women's freedoms. Elizabeth Olsen believe-in-god parent believe I would love to date a chef. I'd probably get really fat, but I don't care. Elizabeth Olsen fats care chef I think there's something unique in the fact that her powers come from the same thing that powers him, and that is how we've made them have that kind of... that specifically in common, as opposed to it being something else that the comics kind of created, which has been pure romance. But they do have something uniquely special because of that. Elizabeth Olsen romance unique thinking And I think in theater, people don't really focus on the media unless there's a huge superstar doing a play or something. Elizabeth Olsen media play thinking The tabloids create their own stories about people's lives that don't exist. Elizabeth Olsen tabloids stories people I think part of that comes from time's passed, and she's been in an environment where training is part of the thing. It's not like we do a montage of her discovering her powers like in every X-Men film but yeah, there's no montage. But she does have these new abilities that we pick her up with. Elizabeth Olsen training men thinking I think a lot of films do themselves a disfavor by putting in way too much information, and everyone knows what's gonna happen next, and no one can actually discover things as they go. Elizabeth Olsen too-much-information way thinking I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother. Elizabeth Olsen italian mother islands Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool. Elizabeth Olsen pieces actors tools I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me. Elizabeth Olsen different acting important In my acting class there was this acting exercise going on, and I remember asking a buddy, "Do you ever do this at your apartment when no one's home? Do you ever act out these hypothetical moments?" And he goes, "No, Lizzie, because that's called crazy." Whatever, I was 20 and doing it so who cares. Elizabeth Olsen crazy exercise home What is this land of Instagram, social media? Having a lot of likes and a lot of followers, and getting paid for it? I kind of found it to be really twisted, but then I started to see how it worked, and see how powerful it was, and how impressionable we all are. Elizabeth Olsen social-media powerful kind
