Top 25 Mary Elizabeth Winstead Quotes

I think a lot of fans immediately go, ‘ugggh’ when they hear that someone is doing a prequel or a remake, they sort of assume the worst sometimes.

I’m a fan of films in general; I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever considered myself specifically a horror fan even though I do enjoy horror films, find them really entertaining.

I can’t say I was much of a gamer growing up or that I am now, but I’m certainly part of that culture or it’s part of, you know, the sort of time that I grew up in.

I’m a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.

I’ve been performing since I came out of the womb. I’ve been dancing and singing since I was a toddler. Acting seemed like a natural progression from that.

Usually a lot of moviemaking is boring.

I don’t think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid – I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer.

I’m a really cautious person, so I don’t let myself get into near-death experiences. I’m not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

When you are playing someone who is dealing with issues on a really personal level, if you don’t bring your own issues into the equation, it’s not going to feel really personal to the people watching it.

Kensington Market is a must visit place in Toronto.

I can remember when ‘Pulp Fiction’ came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

I love anybody who’s willing to stick to their own vision, their own voice, who’s not easily swayed by money or by financers who are going to tell them what they should do.

My first paying job was guest starring in ‘Touched By An Angel’ when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn’t believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself.

I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, ‘Oh, it doesn’t mean anything to win an Oscar!’ It certainly isn’t a goal that you want to set yourself up for, because then you’re just setting yourself up for disaster. Because how many people actually win an Oscar?

Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you’re speaking two different languages.

I have a lot of different traits to my personality, depending on who I’m around, and what the dynamic in the situation is.

I think when I was 12, when, like, ‘Titanic’ and ‘Romeo + Juliet’ came out, my friends and I made our own Leonardo DiCaprio fan club. I definitely had a thing for him.

I think, like a lot of actors and people in the arts who are struggling to get where they want to be, you spend a lot of time sitting around grumbling about how you’re not doing the kind of work you really want to do. But there’s a lot of complacency in that, too.

I’ve always been a huge fan of ‘The Shining,’ and ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ is one of my favorite films of all time.

I acted in theater and I took film classes when I was 12 and just obsessed over it. I loved it and spent hours and hours in the film studio learning and watching.

I love playing characters that are strong, when there’s physicality involved.

Obviously, we’re all going to die at some point. Whether or not we are fated to die in some way I think is debatable. I just don’t know which side to debate.