I'm a more mature actress now. Eliza Dushku More Quotes by Eliza Dushku More Quotes From Eliza Dushku I literally remember when I made my audition tape for 'Buffy'. I went to the Arsenal Mall. I got my outfit at Contempo Casuals in the Arsenal Mall and put some safety pins in my jeans. I remember telling whoever the clerk was that I was making a tape for 'Buffy', and they were so excited. Eliza Dushku safety-pinsjeansclerks I love leather and it's great to be a bad girl at times. But there is a time and place for everything. When I'm with Grandma it's flowers, and when I'm out on the town scoping guys, you know. Eliza Dushku grandmagirlflower For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football. Eliza Dushku clothesfootballboys The letters from jail are always disconcerting. Eliza Dushku jailletters In my first movie, That Night, with Juliette Lewis, I had a scene with two other girls where we applied a cream to our chests to make our breasts grow. I was 10. Eliza Dushku girlnighttwo I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me. Eliza Dushku bostonstarsschool My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics. Eliza Dushku bostonmomteaching When I'm shooting, I just try to make sure I wouldn't be embarrassed of it later, because in Watertown, you don't get away with anything. Eliza Dushku embarrassedshootingtrying My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries. Eliza Dushku russiamothercountry Each year, I say I'm going to go to school next year. It's inevitable that I'll end up getting my education. Eliza Dushku next-yearyearsschool Well, when I moved to L.A. at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school in Boston. Eliza Dushku bostongrew-upschool I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom. Eliza Dushku momstrongbrother My heart goes out to the women who came forward today to everyone here who has shared their powerful stories in recent days. Thank you for your bravery. We will walk through this in strength, and, from the deepest parts of my heart, thank you all for your unbelievable support. Eliza Dushku entertainment I have nieces and nephews that I love hanging out with, and they think I'm the biggest goof on the planet. Eliza Dushku nephewshangingthinklove I wake up and play a different person every day. Playing all these different characters and trying to figure out who your true authentic self is at the core of that as you're playing all these different roles, and man, that self-awareness starts to come into effect. And you start to see who you really are. Eliza Dushku dayyoumanself I think I really thought I was a boy until I was ten years old because my parents divorced when I was born, and so my three brothers were almost like my fathers growing up. So they taught me how to ride a bike and all that stuff. I really was just kind of a guy's girl and just kind of an outspoken - some could say obnoxious - in-your-face kid. Eliza Dushku ridemebikegirl My mom grew up in Idaho, went to Brigham Young University: they're very Molly Mormon. And my father is, like, first generation Albanian, and his parents lived in Southey and grew up in downtown Boston. My parents are complete opposites. Eliza Dushku generationparentsmomfather I purely attribute my 'hamming it up' quality to growing up with three older brothers and just being like a tomboy my whole life. Literally, my mother had to be like, 'Honey, there's a certain point where you have to start wearing a shirt.' You know, I would run around with the boys and play tag football and climb trees. Eliza Dushku youmotherfootballlife There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge. Eliza Dushku doormorenextgirl I love the physical roles. I have the utmost respect for stunt people and stunt doubles, but I like to do as much as I possibly can with what's become some pretty significant training. Eliza Dushku trainingrespectlovepeople
