Quotes from Kirsten Dunst

I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers.

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it.

I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're not, you're not.

You know how people say awards don't mean anything? Hello! I think the energy around them makes everyone cuckoo.

When you spend your entire life as a child actress, being told where to go and where to stand, you're performing constantly for people. It definitely breeds the kind of person who's dependent on other people's approval.

I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. And I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.

A lot of people my age who are working right now have never acted; they get a show and suddenly they're making millions. It's always those people who get it fast who have the most trouble staying grounded and being themselves.

If I saw 'Virgin Suicides' or 'Eternal Sunshine,' I'm so proud to be in those movies. They are such great movies. I felt so free on those sets.

I hate red-carpet photographs!

I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.

I don't find I'm manic at all. I'm very chill.

When I'm an old lady, I'm going to have my pick of the young men. They'll be like, 'She's Miss Mary Jane!' The young boys will think I'm a hot old lady.

I attract a different kind of boy when my hair's red. I get more quality men - like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.

A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather than how to say something.

My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I'm very young.

My mother told me that when I was born a wave of feeling came over her. She just knew that I was destined to be an actress.

When I'm working, I always listen to music to zone everyone else out.

I like to think that death gives life meaning. I like that philosophy.

When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.

I just want to be a good friend to people, that's all.

I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked.

It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.