There's something safe about playing a character, but then it's like, 'Who am I underneath it all?' Emmy Rossum More Quotes by Emmy Rossum More Quotes From Emmy Rossum I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit. Emmy Rossum parentwantthinking Life can be very funny and very tragic. Everyone has stuff that they've been through that makes up whatever fire it is that they have in their gut, but nobody goes around wearing that as their outmost exterior, all the time. Emmy Rossum tragicfirestuff Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. Emmy Rossum being-yourselfscarywonder I just really gravitate towards a nostalgia for a time when things were simpler. When beauty was more classical and glamorous. Emmy Rossum glamorousnostalgia I think of Gisele Bundchen to get myself on the treadmill Emmy Rossum treadmillsthinking When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself. Emmy Rossum curly-hairdarkschool When something looks too good to be true, it usually is. Emmy Rossum too-good-to-be-truebeing-truelooks We like it to be realistic but not real, but I wear something I call the 'vag pad,' it's kind of a little triangular panty liner that you stick to you. Emmy Rossum padsreallittles I went to school on the Internet. I was not a cheerleader. Emmy Rossum internetcheerleaderschool Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are. Emmy Rossum being-yourselfscarythinking I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day and feel that I did the best job I could and feel proud, that's what will satisfy me. Emmy Rossum best-jobthe-end-of-the-dayjobs Everyone messes up in relationships and has peaks and valleys in their personal lives. When I realized it wasn't the end of the world and I would keep on standing, I knew it was going to be OK. Emmy Rossum valleysendsworld With social media and advertising and filters and FaceTune-ing it's hard to even to know what's real and what's not. So to see an image of a woman where you can actually see her face and her skin texture and she's still polished and beautiful or even glamorous with a nighttime look, but it still feels like a real person. I feel like that's the kind of beauty I want to applaud and align myself with. Emmy Rossum skinsrealbeautiful In terms of the characters, I definitely do look for somebody that I think people can learn from and I can learn from too. In one way or another, by the fact that they are a role or by that fact that they aren't a role model. I feel like I was attracted to the past few characters that I've played, because they have an element that really touched my heart. Emmy Rossum heartcharacterpast I suppose that it doesn't matter whether a song is written or sung by a man or a woman. If the sentiment is there, it captures the audience. Emmy Rossum mattersongmen I've always loved the fashion of the '30s and everything that came with the Art Deco era - the jewelry and the glamour. Emmy Rossum erasfashionart A friend of mine is in a long-distance relationship. They have dates on Skype. They'll both watch the same movie and...play. Emmy Rossum skypelong-distance-relationshipplay I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we were in gymnastics class as kids, and I can still do it. I was doing it since I was 8 and 9. They used to call me Gumby. Very bendy. Emmy Rossum gymnasticsbirthdaykids I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, that's how I learned. Emmy Rossum momdonewatches I think acting is a job where you're always unemployed. You're always looking for the next job, so I assume that it's like other jobs that are with that same kind of setup. Emmy Rossum actingjobsthinking
