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When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my résumé with everything I had ever done-ice-skate, carry a tune.

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Alexandra Daddario
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: March 16
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Television Actor
New York City
New York
Alexandra Anna Daddario
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Everything
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I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me, like, all I ever wanted to do was kiss boys and be around boys.
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I am horror fan in that I think that they are very effective on me. I get scared very easily. I am a scaredy cat. When I was younger, my mom used to rent Alfred Hitchock films, so I saw a couple of those and I was terrified by them.
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I like to do different things and, as my actrees career evolves, I will choose roles to do things that I haven't done before. There are a lot of different sides of me, and I'm in a unique position now, for the first time in my career, to decide what direction I want to go in.
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I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress.
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As a child I loved fantasy books, I loved Harry Potter and the idea that there is something 'out there' is inspiring to kids and inspiring to me. It's exciting and I think people can relate to it. Even if things are difficult or bad for you, the idea that there is something special within you is positive and true.
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Going to the darkest place you can to make yourself really upset and adding that with the physicality and running around, you can work yourself into hysteria that way.
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When I was little, I thought about becoming a lawyer like my parents, and my mother would always tell me, You can do anything you want - except be a lawyer.
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Charlize Theron is perfect. She holds herself with so much poise and grace. I dont know if she looks so good because she has the best body or because she has the confidence to feel comfortable in what shes wearing.
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Acting is a really strange thing. You have to know when you're put in a bad situation, but you also have to be willing to do something very strange.
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Im a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence.
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I'm really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them.
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I think love is something you figure out later on in life, and you have to make a lot of mistakes to figure out what love is, which is why we all have shitty, tumultuous relationships when we're younger, and it's harder to let go.
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I use a lot of sense memory and, well, I can't really avoid getting into character.
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I do like working on television but I prefer film. I just want to work mainly but the pace on a movie is slower and you get to form more of a family. There is more time to work with whereas TV is faster paced.
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I definitely have role models. But it's hard to say, Okay, I want to be Angelina Jolie, or I want to be Charlize Theron.
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I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a rough ride for a little bit. There wasn't a ton of pushback about it.
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I love Charlize Theron. I would love to have a career like Charlize Theron. I like Charlize Theron. She strikes me as being very down to earth, very cool, in addition to being extremely talented, and I think that's awesome.
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Finding a stylist is a little like finding a date you have to find who is right for you.
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So many things could go wrong, on any film. I've been out in L.A. for eight years and I've been acting professionally for a long time, and you realize that you have to prepare and work hard, but you never know what could go wrong.
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I'm a huge baby and horror films just terrify me, they're very effective with me.
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