You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman. Mary Elizabeth Winstead More Quotes by Mary Elizabeth Winstead More Quotes From Mary Elizabeth Winstead I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything to win an Oscar!' It certainly isn't a goal that you want to set yourself up for, because then you're just setting yourself up for disaster. Because how many people actually win an Oscar? Mary Elizabeth Winstead winning mean thinking Obviously, we're all going to die at some point. Whether or not we are fated to die in some way I think is debatable. I just don't know which side to debate. Mary Elizabeth Winstead sides way thinking I love anybody who's willing to stick to their own vision, their own voice, who's not easily swayed by money or by financers who are going to tell them what they should do. Mary Elizabeth Winstead vision voice sticks Anytime I'm given scripts where I'm sort of the fantasy girl, it's hard for me because that's not real and I don't think it's a great thing to put out there consistently. Mary Elizabeth Winstead girl real thinking Usually a lot of moviemaking is boring. Mary Elizabeth Winstead boring I don't have any premonitions. I don't have any supernatural powers. I just have a typical woman's intuition, and I go with that. Mary Elizabeth Winstead premonition typical intuition I can't say I was much of a gamer growing up or that I am now, but I'm certainly part of that culture or it's part of, you know, the sort of time that I grew up in. Mary Elizabeth Winstead gamer growing-up culture I do want to direct, eventually. I don't know if it will be a short film or a music video or a feature, but I know that I want to at least try it and see. Mary Elizabeth Winstead video want trying I have a lot of different traits to my personality, depending on who I'm around, and what the dynamic in the situation is. Mary Elizabeth Winstead situation different personality I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well. Mary Elizabeth Winstead phobia laid-back bother I love playing characters that are strong, when there's physicality involved. Mary Elizabeth Winstead physicality strong character Particularly for women, I think more of us in the industry need to just do it. I think guys are more willing to put themselves out, that way, at least with the girls that I know. We say we want to direct, but then we don't actually do it. Mary Elizabeth Winstead guy girl thinking Kensington Market is a must visit place in Toronto. Mary Elizabeth Winstead toronto But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself. Mary Elizabeth Winstead challenges trying past I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money. Mary Elizabeth Winstead film people thinking I feel like most horror films are made for teenagers about teenagers. I've done a couple of those horror films. There's nothing wrong with that but the older I get the more I starve for more adult material. Mary Elizabeth Winstead teenager adults couple I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer. Mary Elizabeth Winstead neurologists my-sister brother I think when I was 12, when, like, 'Titanic' and 'Romeo + Juliet' came out, my friends and I made our own Leonardo DiCaprio fan club. I definitely had a thing for him. Mary Elizabeth Winstead clubs fans thinking I do get starstruck working with Bruce because even though he is such a nice guy he's a real movie star. I grew up watching his movies it is just really hard to get used to just being around Bruce Willis. I mean, he's Bruce Willis! Mary Elizabeth Winstead nice stars real 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