I think the most terrifying things I've seen have been created by human beings in reality. Ellen Page More Quotes by Ellen Page More Quotes From Ellen Page This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another. Ellen Page effortchangeinspirational Love, the beauty of it, the joy of it and yes, even the pain of it, is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being. And we deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise. Ellen Page paingivinglife You think you're in a place where you're all 'I'm thrilled to be gay, I have no issues about being gay anymore, I don't feel shame about being gay,' but you actually do. You're just not fully aware of it. I think I still felt scared about people knowing. I felt awkward around gay people; I felt guilty for not being myself. Ellen Page gayknowingthinking This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another. If we took just five minutes to recognize each other's beauty instead of attacking each other for our differences - that's not hard - it's really an easier and better way to live. Ellen Page effortdifferencesworld Loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves. Ellen Page acceptinglifepeople I don’t believe in eye-for-an-eye. The most incredible, sustainable, beautiful movements have been non-violent movements of civil disobedience. Ellen Page eyebeautifulbelieve As a girl, you're supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin? Ellen Page girlsleepmean I don't know why people are so reluctant to say they're feminists. Could it be any more obvious that we still live in a patriarchal world when feminism is a bad word? Ellen Page feministpowerfulpeople When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be. Ellen Page growing-upspacepeople Judging people you don't know for things you don't understand is just really stupid. Ellen Page judging-peoplestupidknows I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission. I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered. And I'm standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of that pain. Ellen Page suicidemotivationalinspirational I'm really passionate about music - I get really emotionally connected, probably in a weird way. Ellen Page get-realpassionateway I am a feminist and I am totally pro-choice, but what's funny is when you say that people assume that you are pro-abortion. I don't love abortion but I want women to be able to choose and I don't want white dudes in an office being able to make laws on things like this. I mean what are we going to do - go back to clothes hangers? Ellen Page clotheswhitemean You should've gone to China, you know, 'cause I hear they give away babies like free iPods. You know, they pretty much just put them in those t-shirt guns and shoot them out at sporting events. Ellen Page gunshould-havebaby Who knows, maybe I'm just a stubborn jerk? Maybe the other people who do stuff they don't want to do, maybe they're doing the right thing. Who am I to say? I'm just doing my thing and being myself, and I've been given the incredible, fortunate opportunity to play roles that I frickin' care about and enjoy playing. And it might not last forever. That's okay. That's what it is. Ellen Page foreveropportunitypeople When I feel strongly about something, I'm not so quiet. Ellen Page feelsquiet Why are vegans made fun of while the inhumane factory farming process regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit? Ellen Page animalfunworld There are a lot of things I love about acting and one of the things I love the most is, here you are taking words off a page, working with someone you might have met just a week before, and somehow you're creating a moment that separates itself from space and time. You feel an incredible rush when you have that moment with another actor. You can feel it bounce off one another. Every take you do can reveal different things that were hiding. And things outside the story get revealed to you, too. It's an incredible way to work and to experience a story. Ellen Page creatingactingspace If we took just 5 minutes to recognize each other's beauty, instead of attacking each other for our differences. That's not hard. It's really an easier and better way to live. And ultimately, it saves lives. Then again, it's not easy at all. It can be the hardest thing, because loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves. I know many of you have struggled with this. I draw upon your strength and your support, and have, in ways you will never know. Ellen Page supportdifferencespeople I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that. Ellen Page destinymenthinking
