Top 75 Kirsten Dunst Quotes

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don’t they realize that it’s gross? I understand it’s an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it.

When you spend your entire life as a child actress, being told where to go and where to stand, you’re performing constantly for people. It definitely breeds the kind of person who’s dependent on other people’s approval.

When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn’t afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me.

If you’re successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. ‘Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?’

You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you’re excited for the day? That’s one of my main goals in life.

I want to play an action hero. I’m ready for roles that totally aren’t me.

I’m never going to say anything about who I’m dating unless I’m married or engaged.

I feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn’t want to see that.

I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don’t have to be the best. It’s so freeing. I’ve never been this happy.

What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It’s kind of ridiculous. I can’t think of anybody.

Everybody has a mean streak in them, don’t they?

When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You’re not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin.

Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence.

I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. And I’m lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.

I’m the kind of person who buys a new thing, wears it so much and then is totally sick of it.

I’ve never had a teenage rebellion; I’m not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

It’s always nice when people appreciate your work because it means you’ve affected them, which is great. And so that feels good.

I’m always looking for that movie that feels like it’s hitting me where I need it.

It’s such a private thing – ‘my process’ – I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.

I’d like to be taller. I’d like my baby fat to leave.

I like people more undone than made up. Patricia Arquette is the ultimate. She’s not anorexic or perfectly tan, she’s not trying to be anything but what she is, and that’s the most sexy thing.

I’ve been lucky to find people who want to work with me, whom I respect and like, but the truth is there aren’t that many good projects out there. And we make way, way too many movies. So it’s not always going to happen with every project. But I try and wait it out.

My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I’m very young.

When you feel good is when you’re not afraid to feel the worst.

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

I’m happiest when I’m just hanging out with my friends… it really doesn’t matter what we do.

After ‘Melancholia’ and ‘On the Road,’ I wanted to do a comedy. And I did so many comedies when I was younger, but if you’re not consistently in those movies, people don’t always think of you for them.

I wanted to get an angel wings tatooed on my back, as a guardian thing.

I was a big Guns N’ Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I’d dress up as Axl and she’d be Slash, and we’d rock out in front of the mirror singing ‘Patience.’

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don’t, I think that’s weird.

I think you see in people’s eyes what they’ve been through. Anything in their lives shows up in their eyes.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it’s not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.

You don’t really know who you’re going to fall in love with at what time in their life. They can be the worst off they’ve ever been in their life, but you can’t help who you fall in love with. That’s part of the excitement of life – new people, new experiences.

I’m not a very ‘this is planned out’ person when I get to set. ‘This is how I’m going to do it’ – I’m never like that.

I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don’t get my license revoked.

I don’t find I’m manic at all. I’m very chill.

People always tell me, ‘Don’t work so much’, but I can’t help it. I feel like all the things I’ve done are important to get to this adult stage and now I’m getting all these adult offers, so it’s working.

I hate red-carpet photographs!

You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you’re in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don’t fall in love with people because they’re fun. It just happens.

I really want to do a film in another language. My dad’s from Germany, so it’d be really cool to do a film in German. I’m not quite fluent, but I can get there. And my accent’s pretty good. I wouldn’t feel too out of my element.

If I saw ‘Virgin Suicides’ or ‘Eternal Sunshine,’ I’m so proud to be in those movies. They are such great movies. I felt so free on those sets.

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don’t you? Just tell me so I can get over you.

I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.

The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art.

I’ve been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to ‘Stand’ in the mirror.

Being an actress doesn’t make you popular in school.

When I go away to do a movie, I bring the blanket I’ve had since I was a little girl. It helps me sleep. I also always bring my laptop so I can E-mail friends. And I bring my dog, Beauty, wherever I can.

I think it’s best to date someone who doesn’t do what you do.

I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn’t afraid of being in front of a camera.

It’s weird doing red carpets; it’s uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.

What are you going to do if it’s the end of the world? You better go out having fun instead of stressing about it.

I’m not someone who feels the pressure of someone else’s expectations. That’s a very young way to feel.

Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That’s not an interview. It’s like they’re just saying my quotes back to me.

I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino – he’s my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander Payne – Pedro Almodovar wouldn’t be too shabby. There are so many good directors, but those are some of my favorites.

When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did ‘Crazy/Beautiful’ or comedies like ‘Bring It On.’

I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.

I think for everyone it’s good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life.

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

I’ve always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I’ve lightened up a lot.

I’m a person who likes to hang out. I would never go on a blind date. That sounds like the most uncomfortable thing on the planet earth. It’s like, ‘Hi. Nice to meet you. So, what kind of music do you like?’ Date ended.

It’s hard to get lost in a scene, to get into a character when everyone’s standing around you on the set.

I can’t wait to have kids one day. I want to have kids and a farm with lots of animals on a lake.

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn’t put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather than how to say something.

I don’t live in the spotlight, and I don’t live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible.

I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen’t come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I’m not really aware of what I’m doing.

I attract a different kind of boy when my hair’s red. I get more quality men – like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.

I would have loved to have been in a Hitchcock movie.

I don’t gossip about myself.