Alexandra Daddario Quotes & Sayings

Everyone has the opportunity to do a horror film. There's something great about it as an actor. You have to go to places you'd normally never go and be put in situations you would never be put into. You don't get the opportunity in a lot of films to have this kind of acting. It's an interesting challenge. — Alexandra Daddario

I'm really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them. — Alexandra Daddario

Any time you do a movie there are going to be war wounds that you end up getting. — Alexandra Daddario

Finding a stylist is a little like finding a date; you have to find who is right for you. — Alexandra Daddario

I love stories about people that, whatever situation they're in, you can relate to them in a way. — Alexandra Daddario

I am horror fan in that I think that they are very effective on me. I get scared very easily. I am a scaredy cat. When I was younger, my mom used to rent Alfred Hitchock films, so I saw a couple of those and I was terrified by them. — Alexandra Daddario

I try to write my own music. It's a good way of de-stressing. — Alexandra Daddario

When I was little, I thought about becoming a lawyer like my parents, and my mother would always tell me, "You can do anything you want - except be a lawyer." — Alexandra Daddario

I use a lot of sense memory and, well, I can't really avoid getting into character. — Alexandra Daddario

I definitely have role models. But it's hard to say, "Okay, I want to be Angelina Jolie," or "I want to be Charlize Theron." — Alexandra Daddario

I'm a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence. — Alexandra Daddario

I was obsessed with Nancy Drew growing up - I couldn't get enough. — Alexandra Daddario

When I was first starting out as a kid, I tried to pad my resume with everything I had ever done - ice-skate, carry a tune. I can't dance for my life, but I can learn, so I'll tell people I can dance. I play the piano - I'm a really good pianist, actually. — Alexandra Daddario

I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a rough ride for a little bit. There wasn't a ton of pushback about it. — Alexandra Daddario

I was in Manhattan during 9/11, and that was really the only thing that I related to as far as a disaster on a grand scale. It was really interesting to see on that day and in the weeks afterwards how people came together, and what people were able to do for each other, and what I found myself feeling and thinking and doing for the people around me, whether it was strangers on the street or my own family. It was really an experience that you can't fake. — Alexandra Daddario

I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress. — Alexandra Daddario

I'm very into fantasy films. — Alexandra Daddario

When I have no appointments, I spend the day in pajamas and go to the dog park in pajamas. I'm very casual. — Alexandra Daddario

I'm a huge baby and horror films just terrify me, they're very effective with me. — Alexandra Daddario

I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me; like, all I ever wanted to do was kiss boys and be around boys. — Alexandra Daddario

Charlize Theron is perfect. She holds herself with so much poise and grace. I don't know if she looks so good because she has the best body or because she has the confidence to feel comfortable in what she's wearing. — Alexandra Daddario

I never know what's going to happen or what opportunities are going to be given to me. I've found with the opportunities that I've been given have made it possible for me to explore different characters and exciting stories. — Alexandra Daddario

Going to the darkest place you can to make yourself really upset and adding that with the physicality and running around, you can work yourself into hysteria that way. — Alexandra Daddario

Acting is a really strange thing. You have to know when you're put in a bad situation, but you also have to be willing to do something very strange. — Alexandra Daddario

I think love is something you figure out later on in life, and you have to make a lot of mistakes to figure out what love is, which is why we all have shitty, tumultuous relationships when we're younger, and it's harder to let go, — Alexandra Daddario

My mom used to model when she was younger, before she went to law school, and I think she thought it was pretty cool. I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a rough ride for a little bit. — Alexandra Daddario

I really love Charlize Theron. I've never met her before, but she seems really down-to-earth in interviews, really intelligent and funny and cool - and she's just this glorious goddess who holds herself with such confidence. — Alexandra Daddario

I've had those relationships, and you have to make those mistakes to find out what we really want. — Alexandra Daddario

You do run and scream and cry and work yourself up into hysterics, and then you get back to the hotel at the end of the day, and you feel really off and really strange. And that's because rationally, even though you know everything is OK, you have put yourself through this traumatizing experience, and your body is still going. — Alexandra Daddario

To be an actress and act crazy is really fun for me, to be able to be acting like you'd never be able to act in your real life and scream and freak out. It's an interesting test for an actor. — Alexandra Daddario