Quotes from Elizabeth Olsen

Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.

I get way too much happiness from good food.

I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.

I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.

I'm the first one who sees every romantic comedy in theaters.

I just need to figure out how to grow without compromising.

But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

I'm a very social person and I love being out in the world, and the feeling of not having that is the scariest thing to me.

I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

I would love to date a chef. I'd probably get really fat, but I don't care.

I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one.

I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.

I don't know about you, but my girlfriends have been my girlfriends forever, and they're my sisters and my family.

Yes, I don't read books for entertainment.

My friends and I started making films when I was still in kindergarten.

Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people.

I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.

I never understood why anyone would do magazines. Like, why would someone put their face out there so much? It's because those people reading magazines will go see the movie, so you do it.

I like men-inspired outfits.

When I was 13, I told my parents I didn't believe in God any more. Religion should not be about determining women's freedoms.

And I think in theater, people don't really focus on the media unless there's a huge superstar doing a play or something.

Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.