Quotes from Olivia Wilde

It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.

Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity.

I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn't wait to get back to Ardmore.

Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist, Melanie Iglesias, couldn't figure out why my skin looks so good. I think it's because I'm happy!

Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought.

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.

I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.

Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.

My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age.

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.

So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character.

I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.

When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV.

From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.

I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie.

Inspiration is the key to everything.

I grew up being told by my parents each time they went off to war that they may explode, so I needed to know how things like the gadgets in the kitchen worked.

People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.

I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression.

It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'

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.

At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.