I didn't really play dress up when I was a kid, and I'm really T-shirt and jeans-y. Ellen Page More Quotes by Ellen Page More Quotes From Ellen Page I call myself a feminist when people ask me if I am, and of course I am 'cause it's about equality, so I hope everyone is. You know you're working in a patriarchal society when the word "feminist" has a weird connotation. Ellen Page feminist causes people You can choose who you want to be the hero [in Hard Candy], but youll be second-guessing yourself -- theres just no right answer. Our society is obsessed with finding good and finding evil, but I think were all capable of anything. Ellen Page hero evil thinking To be in a position, at my age, where I am financially independent, I can help develop things, I can promote stuff that I believe in, I can say no a lot and spend time writing - that is a gift. Ellen Page independent writing believe I'm not a fancy person. I love small spaces. I like tiny cars. I don't buy things, aside from music and books. I don't get loads of attention and maybe it's because I'm kind of boring. I don't think I'm boring, but I have different interests. I don't go out much, not because I'm hiding but because I'm not a big drinker. I go out and have a good time, I go to concerts and stuff. Ellen Page space book thinking I just don't think I'm special because I'm an actor and I never would. Of course I take what I do seriously because I love doing it, and I love being in films and making films, but I don't take myself seriously. Ellen Page special love-is thinking Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility. Ellen Page obligation social responsibility I think it's really easy for people to point out hypocrisy in people's lives. It's like yeah, I get on planes a lot, and I drank from a plastic water bottle today - you know what I'm saying? A lot of people would just be like, "Oh, you're a hypocrite. You live in an ecovillage for a month, and then you fly around the world to talk about a movie." Don't think that I don't think about those things! Don't think that that's not, like, a quandary in my life. It can be a pretty intense ethical dilemma. I think it's about figuring out, you know, navigating life. Ellen Page hypocrisy hypocrite thinking I think there's a tremendous amount of guilt that goes on between mothers and daughters, no matter how good or bad their relationships are. Ellen Page mothers-day daughter inspiring The thing I like about acting is being able to lose yourself completely in someone else. Ellen Page losing-yourself able acting The word responsibility is right, and doing everything you can to educate yourself and learn and be aware. Ellen Page educate responsibility It's already not as easy, in the sense that interesting roles for girls and women tend to be few and far between. That's just the reality that I think most people would agree with. So that can be frustrating. I just get sent so many things that are like, "So, here's another story about a guy...." But that's just what it is. I'm kind of getting more excited about developing my own stuff, or getting involved early in projects and doing my best to make things that I care about happen. Ellen Page girl reality thinking I've been in a few movies that really have the tendency to polarize people, and I kind of like that. I kind of like anything that pushes people's buttons. People will always take things as they want, and project stuff on it - it's just kind of what people do. Whether it's violence or teen pregnancy, whatever. Ellen Page violence pregnancy people I think the most terrifying things I've seen have been created by human beings in reality. Ellen Page humans reality thinking I want to make activism a bigger part of my life, while hopefully maintaining the opportunity to help out causes that I really care about. And being an actor allows me to do that. Shooting a Cisco commercial allows me to do that. I mean, doing all these things allows me to talk about these issues. But don't think there aren't those moments where I'm like, "What am I doing? I have to quit my job and chain myself to a tree." Believe me, I have those moments. Ellen Page mean believe thinking I love sport, I grew up playing sports, that's all I did, and it is so invigorating now that I'm supposedly adult to learn something completely new, from the bottom up. Ellen Page adults grew-up sports Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous. Ellen Page airports imagine people I was maybe 10 or 11 when I saw 'Titanic.' And, yes, I was a fan. I loved it. Ellen Page saws fans I've become really interested in permaculture, simplifying my life and doing everything I can to develop more of a sustainable lifestyle. Ellen Page permaculture lifestyle i-can I find a lot of people say, “Oh organic and local’s expensive and I just don’t have time.” And I’m like, well how much TV do you watch? Where are your priorities right now? I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it’s common sense. Ellen Page common-sense priorities people There are moments when you are, um, encouraged to dress a certain way. But I can't. It just erodes my soul. That's no criticism to girls who can wear a tiny dress and kill it - that's awesome. People always attribute being a feminist to hating girls being sexual, and that's not it at all. I'm just not into it. Ellen Page girl hate people
