Top 25 Emily Meade Quotes

Was I a fan of P!nk before ‘Thanks for Sharing?’ Yeah, I was.

I’m still stuck in the ’90s in a lot of ways.

I was traumatized by the cartoon version of ‘The Hobbit.’ It’s not supposed to be scary, I don’t think, but literally I think that’s the most scared I’ve ever been.

Basically I wanted to be a male comedian; those were my idols.

I’ve never felt fully able to sustain myself because I’ve run out of money many, many times, and it’s been scary.

I definitely went through some dark teenage years. I wore black raccoon eyeliner every single day. I would be late to school if I didn’t have time to put my eyeliner on.

I get a little nauseous and disoriented watching 3D, but as a kid I loved it and I was really into it, so if a movie can be in 3D, then why not?

My first love was Heath Ledger.

I was going to be a comedian but then also winning Oscars and directing movies and creating my own charities and saving the world. The more I’ve let go of that… I see more access to possibly being able to have something like that.

I was like little-miss wannabe punk-rocker; I would go home and secretly listen to Pink, and dance around, like, ‘Ugh, she understands me so well!’

I can be very stubborn, cold, strict, rigid, and – I’d like to think – driven.

I think I’m slightly older than the generation that was really bred on social media – I had Facebook in high school, but I was growing up in a time where these things were relatively new, and every generation below me is growing up having every single thing they do seen. And that is kind of frightening.

I always have a very complex personal life as far as romance goes. Sometimes I have a little too much time to get into too much trouble… and drama. It’s either I’m working, or I have nothing to do but focus on my personal life. It’s a little hectic.

I don’t want fame as far as the tweeting or the image of it. But, the idea of being famous is actually exciting to me, just because then you can have a choice in what you do. I would like to be at a point where I’m not asking for parts anymore, and I’m actually just choosing between a part that I want to do.

I’ve been crazy lucky that I’ve never had a day job. I get really close to having no money, then I always wind up getting some kind of great job.

I am very harsh on myself. I can point out a list. My nose is very strange. I have a very round face. I sound so ungrateful. Obviously I’m being hard on myself. Whether it’s body dysmorphia, or whatever it is, I can always find something wrong.

I have been considerably picky for somebody who’s not a movie star, and sometimes I get frustrated.

I think teenagers at any time are testing to see how far they can go and where authority comes in.

I really hate misunderstandings – to a degree that it’s hard for me to watch sitcoms, or any kind of funny movie where there’s, like, this big mishap, or miscommunication. It gives me such anxiety that I almost can’t make it through the movie.

I want to do every kind of movie and role you could imagine.

You grow up loving movies, and your first instinct is you want to be an actor, because those are the people you see in the movies. But when you actually become an actor, you’re like, ‘Oh, wait, this is actually only a small portion of the storytelling. If I want to really tell a story, I’d want to be a director.’

‘Twelve’ was a total indie drama character piece. It wasn’t that it was more about the performance, but it was just a very different thing where, with horror, there’s this whole added element of the visual and the technical and the choreography.

In general – especially in my youth – I was a bit wild.

People are apprehensive about finding ‘The Leftovers’ funny because it’s such a dark circumstance, but I think, really, what the show is about is examining how different people deal with loss. There are elements of humour and levity and irony in that… just like in real life.

I didn’t get Facebook until I was maybe a junior or senior in high school.