I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's t... by Olivia Thirlby

I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.

Olivia Thirlby

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I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.

eye journey thinking

I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.

bisexual fighting believe

My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy.

crazy yoga jobs

I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.

appreciate opportunity men

Sometimes in my life I feel like a bit of a sorceress who can't totally control all their power. I'm a Libra, so... Libra women are pretty magical.

sorceress feels sometimes

When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

starting-out fun drama

I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape.' I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I'm okay with that in my personal life. But it is kind of hard at times. I feel inadequate, I suppose?

skinny shapes girl

Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.

work-out acting ideas

The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.

cities new-york desire

I'm such a homebody. I don't party. I don't drink. That may be because I got it out all out of my system before I was 18.

drink party may

I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.

teenager social littles

But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.

team stuff giving

Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.

movie together people

I feel naked without jewelry. by Olivia Thirlby

I feel naked without jewelry.

jewelry naked feels

But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influence' is the best movie of all time... The style of filmmaking and the performances ... you don't feel like you're watching a film.

actresses style perspective

I'm not an eye-candy kind of girl. by Olivia Thirlby

I'm not an eye-candy kind of girl.

My boyfriend and I just got a projector, so we've been screening movies on the roof and projecting them against the wall next door. The last one we did, the theme was, "The Russians are Coming". So we screened Red Dawn and Top Gun.

There's so much with my character in Dredd that I identify with. She's my favorite character I think I've ever played. She's the most dynamic and fascinating woman that I could even imagine playing, so I love her. What I love about her is that her sensitivity is her greatest strength.

imagine character thinking

'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience.

three years interesting

My hair had been dyed blonde for Dredd. After Dredd, I was really fried because of the blonde hair dye, and so I cut it into a bob with bangs and that's how it was during Being Flynn.

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