I was kind of embarrassed by some of the films I had done. I was like, "Oh, they're going to think I don't have street cred." Mary Elizabeth Winstead More Quotes by Mary Elizabeth Winstead More Quotes From Mary Elizabeth Winstead To me it's so much like Spaced in that way. Um, which I love so much, so I think fans of that and fans of the comics are going to really see that up on the screen. Mary Elizabeth Winstead fans way thinking I've always been a huge fan of 'The Shining,' and 'Rosemary's Baby' is one of my favorite films of all time. Mary Elizabeth Winstead fans shining baby Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you're speaking two different languages. Mary Elizabeth Winstead different two directors I can remember when Pulp Fiction came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had. Mary Elizabeth Winstead impact fiction years Which is so important, I mean, that's what's so great about the books, is, you know, those two worlds are sort of, the slacker world of just comedy and laziness and then this crazy, over the top action, supernatural world, and you know, combined. Mary Elizabeth Winstead crazy mean book I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything. Mary Elizabeth Winstead skydiving near-death ideas So I get all the references and I totally get the humor and it's really fun. This - it's kind of a mash up of so many different genres and things that kind of, sort of are just part of youth culture right now. Music and action and video games, and it's kind of amazing to see it all piled into one film. Mary Elizabeth Winstead mash-up games fun Well we've got to do a lot of kung fu choreography, which was really cool. Like I have, you know, like the big hammer that I use, kind of like a staff in a sense. So I get to use that like a really cool weapon. Kung fu style. And it's just really fun to get to learn that and execute it in a way that looks cool on screen. It just feels really rewarding. Mary Elizabeth Winstead style weapons fun There's a little wire work, which is so much fun. You can fly, it's amazing. But I've had to mostly just sort of kung fu, you know, ground work. Footwork and stuff like that. Mary Elizabeth Winstead wire littles fun The more I work the happier I am. Mary Elizabeth Winstead The older I get, the more I'm drawn to the smaller films, but I still hope to keep bigger films in my repertoire. It's just maybe going to be a shift in focus, but I'll definitely still hopefully be kicking around in those. Mary Elizabeth Winstead kicking film focus I actually came to New York when I was 12 and did ballet school for a little while. I was being groomed to be professional, and a lot of the professors and teachers there were drawn to me and thought that I could become a professional ballerina. Mary Elizabeth Winstead new-york teacher school You're literally sized up with measuring tape as a 13- or 14-year-old girl. I wanted to opt out of that experience. Mary Elizabeth Winstead tape girl years In ballet, I felt that no matter how good I was, if I didn't have the right body type or if I didn't fit a certain mold there was nothing I could do. Mary Elizabeth Winstead body-types mold ballet I always felt that my talent would trump everything. Mary Elizabeth Winstead trump talent felt When I was 10, my school did Romeo and Juliet. I was Juliet, and that was, like, the biggest deal ever. I was completely obsessed with the role. Mary Elizabeth Winstead juliet roles school I was always a performing arts kid in general - but I felt like my ultimate goal was to be an actress and be in films. Mary Elizabeth Winstead goal kids art We make conscious choices to do something a certain way. Mary Elizabeth Winstead choices conscious I'm not one of those actors that hates press and gets really groan-y about it - I always like talking about films. Mary Elizabeth Winstead get-real film hate If you let too many cooks in the kitchen it could cloud your vision of what you want to do. Mary Elizabeth Winstead kitchen vision clouds
