Quotes from Stacy Martin

My whole beauty routine is super easy, actually. Anything that can set my day off as quickly and cleanly as possible, I guess.

I think changing routine is something that actors like.

Being in a new country, learning a new language - it isn't something that scares me.

A painter has his brushes, a musician his instrument and as an actor you use your body.

I feel like every piece of art is a mirror of what's going on in the present time, because the artist - a painter, a sculptor, a filmmaker - will be affected by what's around them, so it seeps into their work.

I'm not great in heels so I have to always choose the right pair which will keep me to the ground.

Every time I go back to Paris, I'm so amazed by how little makeup French women wear. The approach to beauty there is more of a natural 'who you are,' but with American beauty, you can have fun with who you are.

I know Paris is my hometown, but I would never say, 'Oh, I'm going home back to Paris.' Because we kept moving when I was a child, my home was just where I was at that moment.

I was modeling while I was in university and my agency said, 'There's this fashion campaign, can you go?' And I didn't want to; I told him I wanted to focus on my acting, but I ended up going, kind of dragging my feet, and it turns out, the casting director for it was the casting director for Lars von Trier's new movie.

I'm not good at eyeliner or doing a 'shadow' eye... I don't even know what it is actually called!

Culturally we're shown an impossible fantasy of how women should present themselves, how they should behave with men.

I love a bit of pop music. I'm a big sucker for it.

When I'm working, I try not to crowd my hair with products. To wash, I use the Redken Strengthing Shampoo and Conditioner.

As a girl, the pressure on you to look a certain way is very high. I try to resist that scrutiny.

When you try and appeal to the most people, you end up not actually making anything unique, because to be at the top of the charts I guess you have to do something quite bland so as to please as many people as possible.

That's the challenge as an actor. You put yourself in uncomfortable positions because that's your job. Otherwise, just stay home and watch TV.

People find it difficult to call Lars' movies feminist. But they're humanist movies because they show a woman going through life and being in really awful situations and going through hell, especially in films like 'Dogville' or 'Breaking the Waves,' but they stand their ground and they stay who they are, and I think that's empowering for anyone.

I loved acting classes, but it was very low key. Never a job job.

Once you finish a film you sort of go into depression mode because the energy shift is so strong. That's what happens to me anyway; I can't cope with the switch.

I have never been paid equally to my male counterparts, and it's mainly because of bankability.

You know, why does a painter paint? You need to communicate, you need to challenge preconceived ideas.

I'm extremely grateful that a lot of my films are presented at festivals.

The Miu Miu world is a very daring, fun and curious one that encourages and nurtures artists to develop who they are and what they do.

Being an actress is not about waddling around grinning on demand.