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People assume actresses are afraid to get older the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.

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Olivia Wilde
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: March 10
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Olivia Jane Cockburn
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It's really hard to get stories made that are about women. Not just women being obsessed with men, or supporting men. And it's really hard to get men to be a part of films that are about women in a leading role. I'm really interested in how we can adjust that.
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I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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Music plays a big part in my life. I am a big music nerd.
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I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid.
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I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.
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A real feminist doesn't apologize for her beauty. You can be a sexy, beautiful woman and be the smartest person in the room.
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I had imaginary friends and even they were mean to me.
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Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, 'Oh, I don't eat gluten. I don't eat cheese. I don't eat this. So I eat cardboard.'
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When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to contour is really helpful. I think you can be a bit more bold with eye makeup to define your eyes, and the same with lip colors - you can go for dark wine colors, which I love.
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