As women, we're always in negotiation with how we're being perceived versus how we feel. Sarah Gadon More Quotes by Sarah Gadon More Quotes From Sarah Gadon It sounds really corny but every film that you do is its own journey, it's its own experience, it's its own thing. Often you think it's going to be one way and then it goes another way - you think you can chart a character and then other things happen. That's the amazing thing about our jobs, it's constantly changing and it's extremely dynamic and you therefore have to be dynamic as well. Sarah Gadon journey jobs character If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves. Sarah Gadon understanding ifs You want to be a part of something that is going to change history or make history or be bigger than yourself. Sarah Gadon bigger want The way I sometimes approach my work, when I look at a script for the first time, is to identify what the archetypes are and what the writing is trying to do in that context. Sarah Gadon writing trying way You have people who know you are competent enough to do your job and then you have the ones that just hover around. Sarah Gadon enough jobs people If you ever had anyone in your life who has been struggling with addiction or struggling with anything, it's about the resilience of love and how much you're willing to struggle with somebody to preserve your relationship and to try to preserve them as a person - and I think that's really important. Sarah Gadon addiction struggle thinking Нou're always in constant dialogue with your interior self versus your exterior self: how you look, and how you're perceived, and then people's preconceived notions of you. Sarah Gadon preconceived-notions dialogue I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career. Sarah Gadon strong artist thinking In my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the crew the freedom and the space to create. It's the people who are more insecure who feel the need to control and micromanage. Sarah Gadon insecure space people I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices. Sarah Gadon giving character thinking When you look at something that's so extraordinary, like a man who is traveling back in time to prevent JFK's assassination, for me as an actor, you're still trying to seed it in some sort of reality. Sarah Gadon trying men reality I have these surreal moments where I’m like ‘I’m pregnant with Jake Gyllenhaal’s baby’ and ‘I’m telling Robert Pattinson that he smells of sex.’ But you’re acting, so the focus is on the work. Sarah Gadon smell baby sex I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people. Sarah Gadon directors people thinking You often have a great director who's like, "Well, actually I don't even want to reveal you until the end of this scene" or something like that and it totally changes everything that you thought it was going to be. Sarah Gadon scene want directors I wore a pink Betsey Johnson dress to my prom, and I pretty much looked like a pink cupcake. I loved that dress! Sarah Gadon prom cupcakes dresses It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around. Sarah Gadon directors My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor. Sarah Gadon occupation actors stars I think when you're going to play such a recognizable figure in the hearts of British people you don't want to mess up the accent, if you can't convince people of that then you're lost from the start. So we spent a lot of time focusing on that. Sarah Gadon entertainment It's very much a fantasy ... I think the lightness and the comedic moments of the film really juxtapose the drama and intensity of that moment in time in the post-war era, (There is) a good balance for us to tell this story. Sarah Gadon entertainment In the summer, I love to go up north to a cottage and relax by the lake, swim, go canoeing... I also love riding my bike around Toronto, going to the farmer's market, cooking. That sounds simple, but it's a luxury you don't have when you're living in hotels. Sarah Gadon bike cooking simple love
