I'd like to be like a hummingbird. You see them every now and then. You don't see them everywhere. Shailene Woodley More Quotes by Shailene Woodley More Quotes From Shailene Woodley I haven't had time to think about a relationship! I literally have not had a boyfriend in almost five years. I've never even hooked up with anybody I've worked on a movie with. Shailene Woodley time-to-think years thinking My favorite movies are movies that I go in and I leave deeply affected. Whether I laugh really hard or whether I cry really hard, I just want to feel really affected in that moment. Shailene Woodley cry want laughing You are the epitome of the word selfless, you did something knowing you wouldn't be able to come home, knowing that your country would have very mixed feelings and yet your integrity on what you believe was right or wrong or should be public knowledge was more important to you than almost your own comfortability and the life that you had lived for so long. So I would like say thank you to him. Shailene Woodley integrity life country I have a tendency to talk extremely fast. ... I think the fastness comes from the fact that I get very excited about things and I just want to spit them out. Shailene Woodley want facts thinking You really can't prepare for anything in life. The second you know what's going to happen, there's always a curve ball, so I'm just chillin', cruising along for the ride. Shailene Woodley anything-in-life curves balls The word 'feminist' is a word that discriminates, and I'm not into that. I don't think there has to be a separation in life in anything. [...] Labels are for other people to understand us, so for me, I know how I feel and I don't need to call myself a 'feminist' or 'not a feminist' because I know what my truth is. Shailene Woodley feminist people thinking My whole life I've been so self-conscious about being skinny. And just recently I don't care anymore. All insecurities are projected because of what you think others are saying about you, but they don't really matter at all. My only real insecurities in high school were having such long legs and thick hair-things I'm so very grateful for now. Shailene Woodley grateful powerful real I love arguing. I always say that I'll never win a physical battle, but I can always win a mental battle. I mean, not really, because I never really argue with anyone. Shailene Woodley battle winning mean I think there is a point in every teenager's life where they are forced to come into themselves. Shailene Woodley teenager thinking Nothing really attracts me to the film industry, to be perfectly honest. I look at acting as an art, and that's all it is for me. It's just fun. Shailene Woodley acting fun art When it comes to sexuality, sensuality, self-representation, self-nurturance - America fails in those departments. Shailene Woodley failing self america So many times, you get a script and it says, "And then, the character cries," and you read the lines and think, "That would never make me cry. Those lines are so untruthful." My approach is just to be honest to the situation. Shailene Woodley lines character thinking As women, we are constantly told that we need to compare ourselves to a girl in school, to our co-workers, to the images in a magazine. How is the world going to advance if we're always comparing ourselves to others? Shailene Woodley girl school needs I think you get the most honest performances when an actor shows up to set with their lines memorized. That's a very important thing that a lot of people seem to forget. Shailene Woodley important people thinking I'm not an actor who approaches films doing a lot of research. I do zero research, unless it's a film where I'm playing a mock version of someone who already existed. Then, you've got to do a lot of research. Shailene Woodley zero actors research I was between 14 and 15, when I went through my angsty period. I was never very rebellious. I never did things to rebel against society, or against my parents, but I did think I knew everything. Then, one day, I woke up and realized I was a dot in this universe, and that quickly dissipated. Shailene Woodley one-day parent thinking I love playing darker roles, or roles with meat. I feel very comfortable in that environment. I don't know why. I don't know what that says about me. I really enjoy doing complicated characters. Shailene Woodley roles meat character I only shampoo [my hair] once a month. Shailene Woodley months hippie hair I'm generally a very annoyingly positive person, in real life. I think that might have something to do with my gravitation towards angry human beings on screen. Shailene Woodley real might thinking Do you guys have any raw garlic? Shailene Woodley garlic guy hippie