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I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.

Elizabeth Olsen

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Elizabeth Olsen
Age: 35
Born: 1989
Born: February 16
Actress
Film Actor
Television Actor
Sherman Oaks
California
Elizabeth Chase Lizzie Olsen
Elizabeth Chase Olsen
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Not since I was 10, trying to get Nick Vossler's attention in PE. 'Red Rover, Red Rover, send Nicholas right over!'
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But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.
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I really actually enjoy auditioning.
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I'm a very social person and I love being out in the world, and the feeling of not having that is the scariest thing to me.
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I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.
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I've always had a complex about being taken seriously.
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If you don't like something, talk about something else that's great and maybe someone else will discover it and think it's great too.
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I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.
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I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.
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When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.
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