The whole point to life-that you have to experience yourself, but then when you do you realize that you've learned so much from the bad things that sometimes they're better than the good things. Selma Blair More Quotes by Selma Blair More Quotes From Selma Blair In high school I would mess with my hair and makeup all the time. Selma Blair makeup hair school I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me. Selma Blair mother cute children I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I'd cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark. Selma Blair pimples red-lipstick used I go from being hugely hopeful and entertaining to... really not. I'm not manic depressive, but I can really go to the darker side. Selma Blair depressive hopeful sides I'm pretty much a loner and I've lived under the radar. Selma Blair loner radar I think I'm under the radar enough where I don't think I'm typecast as anything yet, so I'm pretty free and clear. Selma Blair clear enough thinking It's a sleepy, wonderful, idyllic town but there's a curse on it from 100 years ago, ... The people who died in this kind of boating accident have come back to take their revenge. Selma Blair revenge people years I can't afford security. I can't afford a gated house. So, I feel a little vulnerable. I wish some laws would come into play. Selma Blair law house play I remember the audition process for Xena: Warrior Princess; I was driving there and I was listening to The Cranberries' "Dreams," so I was thinking of that audition again recently with the sudden passing of Dolores O'Riordan, Cranberries singer. And I remember that song, I was like, "Okay, I can do anything" as I was driving onto the lot at Universal. Selma Blair princess dream song I do turn down things that I feel aren't right for me, like when it's some kind of adolescent thing that might typecast me, but I'm not worried about it. Selma Blair worried kind might I don't like slugs and tentacles and calamari or anything. Actually, tentacles made me turn into a vegetarian in high school. I'm not anymore, but in high school, we were dissecting squid. Selma Blair slugs squids school I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people. Selma Blair strange people thinking Everyone who's ever met Guillermo Del Toro knows that he's the most generous, creative, mind-bogglingly wonderful man. And I was so lucky that he had seen Storytelling and he asked me to do Hellboy. And then I watched Devil's Backbone and I was blown away. Selma Blair lucky creative men I have three sisters, that's it for the family. Selma Blair three-sisters three The problem with paparazzi is that it makes you question your boundaries, like, how do I say, Thats enough guys? Selma Blair guy problem boundaries My sister, I have a sister who's 12 years older, she was always the party girl, the outrageous one. Selma Blair party girl years Dark Horse was my second time working with Todd Solondz. I love him truly, very much. And I don't think he'd ever worked with an actor a second time. It was groundbreaking. Selma Blair i-love-him horse dark My mother dressed me always very conservatively. Selma Blair mother It's fun to play mom. Last I knew I was playing a 17-year-old who graduated. Selma Blair mom fun years I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business. Selma Blair voice acting people