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It's just about trying to find material where I'm doing more than just being a plot device. I want to actually get to do scenes that go to interesting places and are challenging to me.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Age: 39
Born: 1984
Born: November 28
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You have to believe that it is what you want to do with your life and you have to be dedicated to it.
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Usually a lot of moviemaking is boring.
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I think a lot of fans immediately go, 'ugggh' when they hear that someone is doing a prequel or a remake, they sort of assume the worst sometimes.
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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?
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I found my way into the indie world a bit late in my career, but it was something that I was really passionate about doing.
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It's surprising to a lot of people because ballerinas look so long, but it's more of a proportion thing. Their legs are long in proportion to their body but in reality they're very tiny.
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You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.
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I realized that the people weren't just characters but they were people and they were getting to do something that was so fun and I wanted to be a part of it.
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I feel like it's so, sort of representative of a generation. I mean everything that they talk about in the books are things that I get. Even like a lot of the Canadian references because I've worked in Canada a lot, so I totally know Sloan and I know, you know, all this stuff, and meeting Chris Murphy was really cool, and yeah, everything.
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I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.
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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.
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Which is so important, I mean, that's what's so great about the books, is, you know, those two worlds are sort of, the slacker world of just comedy and laziness and then this crazy, over the top action, supernatural world, and you know, combined.
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I'm not one of those actors that hates press and gets really groan-y about it - I always like talking about films.
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Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you're speaking two different languages.
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You do sometimes have to work on things where you love the cast and you love the filmmaker, and the role might not be great but it's fun. I'm totally down to do those things, and will continue to do those things, as well, but it at least has to be peppered with roles that are really interesting and that are hard.
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The more I work the happier I am.
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To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves.
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If you let too many cooks in the kitchen it could cloud your vision of what you want to do.
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I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.
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