Olivia Wilde Quotes & Sayings

As a woman who works in a male-dominated business - Hollywood, definitely, being one of them - I instinctually knew what that is like. You have to be strong and take care of yourself. — Olivia Wilde

You're 30: You know stuff now. Your 20s were for 'ducking up,' as my auto-correct would say, and learning from those mistakes. (For instance, never again will I convince myself that sleep is for sissies and go straight from a party to the airport. You will not 'sleep on the plane'; you'll vomit in the security line. Go to bed.) — Olivia Wilde

Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up. — Olivia Wilde

I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. — Olivia Wilde

I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'. — Olivia Wilde

You really just have to love the process. I can't tell you the amount of film sets I've been on where people are talking about Oscars in the middle of the production. It happens all the time. — Olivia Wilde

I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible. — Olivia Wilde

I was just learning to be by myself. He seemed to really see me, see through the bullshit ... He was so handsome, and he could dance. I thought, 'He won't be interested in me; I'm not a contender. He was so cool, so funny - I was such a fan of his and had always fancied his speed and his intelligence. I thought, 'I'm not beautiful enough or his type.' — Olivia Wilde

Weakness is something we don't like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it. — Olivia Wilde

The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy. — Olivia Wilde

The difference between romantic love and friendship love is that romantic love involves a lot of compromise. It is a very giving type of love. With friendship, you can be a little bit more autonomous. You are not expected to compromise, in the same way. Maybe that's why friendships tend to last longer. — Olivia Wilde

I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic. — Olivia Wilde

In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations. — Olivia Wilde

I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity. — Olivia Wilde

I can never describe myself as a movie star. I don't know when that happens but it's certainly not me. — Olivia Wilde

I think my confidence has developed over the years, in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be. — Olivia Wilde

The opportunity to be able to tell stories to a massive audience is really incredible and this job couldn't be more satisfying. So, any drawbacks I think are worth it if you really enjoy the work. I hope to be doing this until I die. — Olivia Wilde

When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to contour is really helpful. I think you can be a bit more bold with eye makeup to define your eyes, and the same with lip colors - you can go for dark wine colors, which I love. — Olivia Wilde

Do some yoga. I never feel more beautiful than after I've really spent some time breathing. — Olivia Wilde

As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older. — Olivia Wilde

If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter. — Olivia Wilde

I could find David Beckham naked in a cardboard box on my doorstep and I would drop him off at the pound. — Olivia Wilde

I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.' — Olivia Wilde

I don't own a scale, and Tao banned the word 'fat' from our house. If we eat too much, we say, 'I feel clogged up.' — Olivia Wilde

I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits. — Olivia Wilde

I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace? — Olivia Wilde

Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy. — Olivia Wilde

If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing. — Olivia Wilde

When I kiss a girl for a part, people think it's sexy. But if two guys kiss, suddenly there's a backlash. It's a double standard. — Olivia Wilde

All actors should experience public failure. — Olivia Wilde

We need to remind ourselves of the beauty of human connection and of nature and pull ourselves out of devices for a moment and appreciate what it is just to be human beings. — Olivia Wilde

I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor. — Olivia Wilde

A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet. — Olivia Wilde

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America. — Olivia Wilde

I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt. — Olivia Wilde

I love the writing process. It's something that I'm interested in personally and something I always do on every movie. — Olivia Wilde

I've learned that it's important to spend some time in a relationship with yourself and not being defined by your partner. — Olivia Wilde

In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird. — Olivia Wilde

Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir. — Olivia Wilde

I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it. — Olivia Wilde

Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks. — Olivia Wilde

I'm still a student of fashion, but I like hooking up with the people that really know how to make cool clothes. — Olivia Wilde

I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. — Olivia Wilde

I actually happened to be in Haiti right before the earthquake in 2010. I was there already with the organization I work with now, Artists for Peace and Justice, visiting the primary school that I had adopted, the Academy for Peace and Justice in Port-au-Prince. I came back, and within days, the earthquake happened. — Olivia Wilde

I loved being pregnant. I felt unapologetically curvy, sexy, and intensely feminine. After giving birth I joined the ranks of millions of new mothers when I moaned, 'Why do I still look pregnant?' — Olivia Wilde

Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of patchouli oil. I know it's not a universally liked fragrance. I usually combine it with other essential oils - I have many mixtures I like. — Olivia Wilde

I used to play hooky from school so I could watch cooking shows. — Olivia Wilde

People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things. — Olivia Wilde

Not everything has to be a couples' event. — Olivia Wilde

I'd like to refocus everyone's attention away from the Kardashians and onto Doctors Without Borders or aid workers. Let's redefine scandal. Scandal is not who so-and-so is dating; scandal is the fact that 1.2 million people are still living in tents in Haiti, and cholera is rampant because Nepalese U.N. soldiers dumped s- from their Porta-Potties into the river. That's a f-ing scandal. If the average 15-year-old was hearing about that instead of so-and-so's plastic surgery or cheating in Hollywood, I'd feel better about our future. — Olivia Wilde

I have to say that I approach every project with the same energy. I also think that, since I started producing, I see the process from a different perspective, which affects the way I jump on board immediately. — Olivia Wilde

In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters. — Olivia Wilde

Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist, Melanie Iglesias, couldn't figure out why my skin looks so good. I think it's because I'm happy! — Olivia Wilde

Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan. — Olivia Wilde

You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships. — Olivia Wilde

Writers get to know me very well. It always serves me in the end because I feel I have a deeper understanding of the character and sometimes they really like my ideas and they use them. — Olivia Wilde

If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling. — Olivia Wilde

In a relationship I'm a very loving person, emotional and sensitive. — Olivia Wilde

Enjoy the pregnancy, not racing ahead and relishing the moment. I think people see pregnancy as something to get over with, but every stage of becoming a mother is really special. — Olivia Wilde

When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish. — Olivia Wilde

It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace. — Olivia Wilde

I grew up being told by my parents each time they went off to war that they may explode, so I needed to know how things like the gadgets in the kitchen worked. — Olivia Wilde

So are all the kids on the East Coast repeating school next year? Get ready to see a lot of hairy eighth graders. Storm brain drain. — Olivia Wilde

I do not tweeze my eyebrows. I've been letting them grow out for years. I try to fill them in wherever nature has abandoned me. — Olivia Wilde

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. — Olivia Wilde

I was a handful growing up. — Olivia Wilde

So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character. — Olivia Wilde

I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch. — Olivia Wilde

In Alien, Sigourney Weaver's role was written for a man. In Salt, Angelina Jolie's role was written for Tom Cruise. These things, when reversed, do prove to be just as exciting and entertaining with women in leading roles. — Olivia Wilde

Being vegan is not always easy and accessible. But it's a way of life and makes me as a person feel really good and physically look better. — Olivia Wilde

I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity. — Olivia Wilde

If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person. — Olivia Wilde

I don't think anyone should apologize for being sexy if it comes from a genuine place, if they're not being forced into an objectifying situation. — Olivia Wilde

Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game. But I am also thirsty for input. I'm not a dunce whose only skill is knowing how to take a photograph, you know? And at the end of the day, I think it makes me slightly less replaceable. — Olivia Wilde

Ladies and gentlemen, Otis Alexander Sudeikis has LEFT the building! (I'm the building) — Olivia Wilde

It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.' — Olivia Wilde

I also discovered Pilates when I got pregnant, as people kept saying it's a great way to stay in shape, and now I can't get enough - it's amazing. It helps with aches and pain and, even for non-pregnant people, it's a great way of getting those lean muscles. — Olivia Wilde

When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself. — Olivia Wilde

What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit. — Olivia Wilde

I think that you sign a sort of unwritten contract when you become a public figure, when you become an actor, that you're sacrificing a certain amount of privacy and parts of your life change. — Olivia Wilde

Early on, I knew I had ideas, but I wasn't sure when it was appropriate to bring them to the table and I was so intimidated by these titans that I was working for. — Olivia Wilde

Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought. — Olivia Wilde

I love the eyebrow pencils. I do my brows every day. I won't leave my house without my brows! My beauty disaster from childhood was trying to look like Kate Moss and plucking all my brows off. — Olivia Wilde

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. — Olivia Wilde

Power tends to get confused with repression. — Olivia Wilde

I had imaginary friends and even they were mean to me. — Olivia Wilde

I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night. — Olivia Wilde

I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning. — Olivia Wilde

From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers. — Olivia Wilde

I have a lot of friends who I really feel like I can kick back with and let all pretense go and be very comfortable with. — Olivia Wilde

Mick Jagger has produced some great films and brought us stories about the music industry that have changed the way we think about how music is made. — Olivia Wilde

In a thousand years, archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment. — Olivia Wilde

At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet. — Olivia Wilde

In the next election, can we vote to ban those ribbon things that kind of keep clothing on hangers but really just hang out of your armpits? — Olivia Wilde

Music plays a big part in my life. I am a big music nerd. — Olivia Wilde

It's great to know you've earned your place and to know that you are right for the role because my biggest fear is being offered something and showing up on set and doing one day and everyone going, "Oh geez, oh no, this isn't, she isn't.." and feeling that way myself. — Olivia Wilde

Anything that becomes an obstacle in life is only an opportunity to learn and it's the same in any profession I think. — Olivia Wilde

When I have really blonde hair, I usually go for a more natural look, wearing way less makeup. — Olivia Wilde

Looking natural takes so long! If you look at the runways, the look for models is predominantly natural, isn't it? — Olivia Wilde

I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison. — Olivia Wilde