I don't believe in rules. I would be happy to be climbing a pyramid when I'm 70. And I know I will be. Rose McGowan More Quotes by Rose McGowan More Quotes From Rose McGowan Heterosexual men terrified me. I found them to be dangerous. Not all of them, of course, but it took me some time to learn to be comfortable. Rose McGowan dangerous found men I did a cover for Rolling Stone the other day and it was a kind of crazy lack of outfit. I thought, "Oh, Lord. I'm never going to be Jane Austen in a film now!" 'Cause that's what I'd really like to do. Rose McGowan rolling crazy stones I realized a career is built as much on what you don't do as what you do do. Rose McGowan i-realized built careers I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome. Rose McGowan stress fall thinking I think gay marriage should be the national law. Rose McGowan gay law thinking There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that. Rose McGowan causes energy suicide I'm not really one of those people who goes and writes some big back story and agonizes over characters. I think you kind of can get it. For me personally, it's just kind of more instinctive. But I don't have kind of an acting background. I fell into it accidentally. Rose McGowan writing character thinking Because I do so many action-oriented films, I started working with stunt people doing fight training, then I found it to be just great exercise. Also I like to be fit, so I've continued on with fight training. Right before I got to do 'Conan,' I was fighting off four guys. Its great fun. And strange. Rose McGowan fighting exercise fun I never started out trying to be an actor. That was not my passion, this was not my thing. Rose McGowan passion actors trying At 13, when I was a runaway, I was taken in by the most amazing drag queens in Portland, Ore. We didn't always know where our next meal was coming from, but there was so much camaraderie and love. Not to mention, those girls could paint a face, and I learned how because of them. Rose McGowan queens girl taken I would like Obama to be tougher on going up against the Republicans, I don't think he should try to be so moderate. Rose McGowan republican trying thinking There was a story that I was in a shoe shop and that I threw a pair of flip flops at the wall, shouting, 'I can't believe how overpriced these are!' I thought, 'Gosh, if I'm gonna take a big stand on something I would hope it would be for more than flip flops!' Rose McGowan shoes wall believe I like people who are fit. I figure if I work out, you can at least return the favor. Would I go out with a meathead? No. Rose McGowan work-out favors people I'm not attracted to dangerous men. I'm attracted, apparently, to height. One ex was 6'6; the one before was 6'4, then 6'3. I like freakishly tall people. Rose McGowan dangerous-man men people I was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually felt sorry for once, for critics. Rose McGowan black sorry morning I've seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on. Rose McGowan wrong-choices actors choices I was with somebody else at the time, who I left - one, because I didn't really want to be with that person, and two, because I felt I'd had so much tragedy I needed to go off, go crazy, and maybe live on the outside for a while. Rose McGowan crazy tragedy two Hollywood is all about making an entrance. I don't want to be a walking advertisement for anyone other than myself. Rose McGowan entrances hollywood want I love Cate Blanchett: she takes risks, but is still refind. Rose McGowan risk stills I have great luck. I'm used to people dying and going away. Not used to it exactly - but I expect it. Like, whenever people go off on a trip, I save their phone messages because I think they might die. Rose McGowan phones travel thinking
