Top 60 Stacy Martin Quotes

I want to work until I’m old and wrinkled.

I have a lot of cousins, but no siblings.

Look, my job is making films.

When I’m working, I try not to crowd my hair with products. To wash, I use the Redken Strengthing Shampoo and Conditioner.

For a long time when I was first starting out, I didn’t have an agent, I hadn’t really gone to many auditions… I was very unaware of how the industry worked so I didn’t have the preconceptions or worries.

I’d love to work with any director who has their own artistic vision, their own stamp, and who believes in that.

I don’t really wear any makeup.

You know, why does a painter paint? You need to communicate, you need to challenge preconceived ideas.

Sia’s talent lies in her ability to really understand what pop is. And I think because she used to write for a lot of people, she understands different styles.

Venice is unlike any other city simply because you travel primarily by boat. Time warps, and I love the feeling of it slowing down.

People like to think of feminists as angry.

Normally, I only put on a little foundation and I think that’s because I wear make-up for work so much. I am a big fan of mascara though.

I definitely pay attention to the choices I make. The type of films I enjoy making have directors who I enjoy watching. Ultimately it’s as important to say ‘no’ as it is to say ‘yes.’ Saying ‘no’ is the thing that will ultimately lead you somewhere.

I like jeans, jumpers and coats – anything that is cosy.

Photography can be a way into worlds and memories that words sometimes fail to convey.

I don’t really make a lot of money from the films that I make.

I think changing routine is something that actors like.

I don’t think that French women are less feminist. If you look at Simone de Beauvoir, she was French and she wrote one of the founding texts of feminism.

I used to have a fear of singing. It was something I never really liked very much.

I guess I get to make films and I love what I do, but there’s also the downside of having to be constantly present and do a lot of press, and go to festivals and do the red carpet. And that’s something that’s more and more part of an actor’s job.

I avoid tea and especially coffee as it tends to give me anxiety.

If you choose as a woman to work in cinema, the roles are smaller, not as diverse, and sometimes not as exciting. So when you try to have a conversation to say, ‘This part is lacking in this or that,’ or, ‘I don’t understand who this person is,’ or, ‘Why is she in this story?’ people are very afraid of that.

That’s the challenge as an actor. You put yourself in uncomfortable positions because that’s your job. Otherwise, just stay home and watch TV.

Modeling was sort of a way to not work in a bar – it gave me time to really think about what I wanted to do, and things I liked and didn’t like.

I’m not the same person as when I was 15 and I might not be the same person in ten years.

Every time I go back to Paris, I’m so amazed by how little makeup French women wear. The approach to beauty there is more of a natural ‘who you are,’ but with American beauty, you can have fun with who you are.

I love BioTherm and my Clarins moisturizer. I also use Eau Precieuse, which means ‘precious water.’ It’s a toner. Everyone calls it a ‘granny product,’ because it’s so old, and no one uses it anymore. But it has always been a part of my routine, so I always have to use it.

Once you finish a film you sort of go into depression mode because the energy shift is so strong. That’s what happens to me anyway; I can’t cope with the switch.

Being in a new country, learning a new language – it isn’t something that scares me.

When you try and appeal to the most people, you end up not actually making anything unique, because to be at the top of the charts I guess you have to do something quite bland so as to please as many people as possible.

OK, I don’t love the red carpet… You arrive and all the photographers are shouting at you ‘Smile!’ I’m like: what, you want me to lift my leg and twirl? No.

Nicole Garcia has always portrayed characters in a very human and complex way.

People don’t normally just say, ‘Do you want to come and audition for one of your favorite directors?’

I’ve definitely had inappropriate comments. I’ve had a producer tell me: ‘I’m thinking about you constantly.’ He didn’t say: ‘I’m thinking about you for this project.’ He said: ‘I’m thinking of you constantly.’ It’s definitely inappropriate. You can’t say that to an actor.

I have anxiety a lot of the time. Maybe it’s not anxiety, maybe it’s an adrenaline thing.

I think if you’re about to lose someone and you’re lucky not to, that bond intensifies because the notion of that is never gonna go away.

I was modeling while I was in university and my agency said, ‘There’s this fashion campaign, can you go?’ And I didn’t want to; I told him I wanted to focus on my acting, but I ended up going, kind of dragging my feet, and it turns out, the casting director for it was the casting director for Lars von Trier’s new movie.

I did a degree in media and culture studies in London and moved there when I was eighteen from Paris.

I was very anti-French everything for a very long time.

I know Paris is my hometown, but I would never say, ‘Oh, I’m going home back to Paris.’ Because we kept moving when I was a child, my home was just where I was at that moment.

I have a very tight-knit group of people I call Brendas.

There’s something about doing something very physical that makes you feel better afterward.

I grew up in Paris and in Japan. My parents didn’t have any kind of glamorous jobs or anything – it just happened. We moved a lot and wanted to go to Tokyo, so we did it. They were never afraid to give up on the present and move on.

With the art films I’ve done, you know, I got to work in a way that so few actors get to work in, people work years to get those kinds of opportunities.

When we talk about pay equality, I think we’re misunderstanding where the problem lies.

In Prada I never feel I’m oozing a particular look, I’m just myself but a better version.

Don’t dye your hair… I’ve never dyed it.

It was great growing up with my dad as a hairdresser – you get free haircuts! We always had amazing shampoos, too, but I knew it wasn’t my thing. I get too lazy to use them.

Deborah Francis-White makes everything better in my opinion.

The Night House’ was a crazy shoot.

Maybe I should be making more mainstream films if I want to get some money.

I think I wanted to be a dog trainer or a ballerina. It always changes when you’re a kid because you think you can do a million things.

I’m not good at eyeliner or doing a ‘shadow’ eye… I don’t even know what it is actually called!

For me, there’s cinema, which I love and would fight for, and then there’s also entertainment, and I see them as very, very different. But sure, I’d love to do a blockbuster. I can’t wait for someone to tell me, ‘Explosion, run!’

It’s strange just to see how quickly a set can change.

I feel like every piece of art is a mirror of what’s going on in the present time, because the artist – a painter, a sculptor, a filmmaker – will be affected by what’s around them, so it seeps into their work.

My favorite thing is Tracie Martyn’s Enzyme Exfoliant.

I’m the kind of person who will make sure everybody is OK.

I have never been paid equally to my male counterparts, and it’s mainly because of bankability.

I feel good exercising but I’m not a fanatic either.