Quotes from Mary-Kate Olsen

I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know?

We have been roommates our entire lives. We just bought a place together.

I think we have the same goals in mind. We are not planning on just all of a sudden taking a film and separating. Hopefully one day she can direct me in something, or I will direct her. Or we'll produce a movie under our company's name.

I'm definitely bicoastal, but I have to say, it's easier to live in New York than in L.A. I feel like people respect other people's space a bit more here. Everyone has the right to that freedom, right? Everyone has that right. It's freezing in New York right now. In L.A., it's sunny. But I would choose freezing over being followed.

I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all.

When we were growing up, our mother taught us never to have your belly button exposed.

There was a photo of me with weird sunglasses on and a green sweatshirt, some striped thing, with tights and cowboy boots...I just saw that photo and thought, 'God, I look crazy.'

I think the hardest part to get to is that point of asking for help or reaching out to other people and being honest with yourself.

We were always surrounded by people who knew us very well and cared about us.

There are just some really beautiful people in the world. When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.

When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.

When I was younger, on weekends, my mom would make us pancakes with our initials on them and then a tiny cup of coffee. I remember at 10 sneaking my own coffee and pouring a ton of sugar in and going up to the playroom and drinking it.

I wear weird things sometimes. I like to drink coffee. Neither of those things have anything to do with who I am.

I still read scripts, and if something great comes along, that's great... but this is my day job. The Row is where I go every day.

I made the decision to take acting seriously after high school.

We had to decide: Do we want to do Saturday Night or go to our Senior Prom? We opted for Saturday Night Live.

We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!

We've read scripts, and I think right now we are just focusing in on school.

I find it's better to focus on what's in front of you and to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need.

We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals.

We were never thrown into the situation in the middle of our lives, but grew up doing it. This is all we know, and some people who were thrown into it don't really know what to do or how to react and this is just kind of natural for us.

I get extra time to take the test because of my ADD. Everybody's brains works differently and I just need longer for things to register.

How can you be organized when you're in Times Square?