Parrilla Quotes & Sayings

Sweet mother of sex, they're triplets! — M. Leighton

I have a lot of LGBT friends and family members and I've always supported the community, not only as a child but as an adult, and I think it's important to voice that. — Lana Parrilla

You are where you need to be. Just take a deep breath. — Lana Parrilla

No real fairytale scared me, but Freddy Krueger did. 'Nightmare on Elm Street' scared the living hell out of me, but no fairytale. Maybe 'Hansel and Gretel' a little bit when they were walking through the forest and they met the witch. But I liked being scared, I really enjoy being scared. — Lana Parrilla

When the script for 'Once' came my way, I had the thought that maybe it will last only a season. But I was willing to take that risk. — Lana Parrilla

The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars. — Anaxagoras

I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it. — Lana Parrilla

The Earth is warming but physical evidence from around the world tells us that human-emitted carbon dioxide has played only a minor role in it. Instead, the mild warming seems to be part of a natural 1,500-year climate cycle (plus or minus 500 years) that goes back at least one million years. — Fred Singer

Learning to focus attention and concentration is very useful; meditation can help you do that. — Andrew Weil

Israel was always on my bucket list, it was always one of those places that you check off and move onto the next place, but I'm never going to check Israel off my list. It's a place I'm always going to want to come back to. — Lana Parrilla

At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.' — Lana Parrilla

I never liked apples. In fact, when I was a little girl, my mom wanted to give me apples in my lunch box and I would ask for green peppers. So bizarre ... It's funny - I don't have an apple a day, but I can say that I have a few a week. — Lana Parrilla

I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda. — Alan Alda

Just smile and look pretty — Lana Parrilla

I like being scared, so I've always liked fairy tales because they're kind of creepy. — Lana Parrilla

To be vulnerable, to be raw, to virtually expose your guts, I like doing that. — Lana Parrilla

She had always seemed to him to be deep-down wild, the wilder because she harnessed that wildness most of the time. — Richard Russo

I played lots of fantasy games. I would create these worlds, and I would believe in them. — Lana Parrilla

Vexations may be petty, but they are vexations still. — Michel De Montaigne

There's always going to be someone who is prettier than you, better than you in some way, but everyone has that something that makes them different. — Lana Parrilla

Follow your heart because it always knows. — Lana Parrilla

My boyfriend says I dress like a rock star but I would say my style is hip and comfortable. — Lana Parrilla

I used to be more of a sporty girl. I love outdoor activities. I haven't been doing much since living in Vancouver. I have my routines down in L.A. — Lana Parrilla

I do watch 'Revenge,' 'American Horror Story' and 'Game of Thrones.' I am behind on all of them. But I do watch them. Those are my go-to shows. — Lana Parrilla

I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater. — Lana Parrilla

Cold, really, is like malaria. If it does not kill you, it will help you lose weight. — Bill Streever

Just what I predicted," he smiled. "Run, little sheep. Run. For soon, the big bad wolf will have you right where you belong," Crispin whispered as he manifested out of the school.


~Crispin~ — J.L. Clayton

On 'Swingtown,' I think that's when I was able to blend the character-slash-leading lady roles, and that's what I'm doing on 'Once Upon a Time' as well. She's a leading lady, but she's also this character. — Lana Parrilla

I've played Latin, I've played Italian. And I've played the all-around regular girl. I think the thing about the way I look, is that I can look like many different things. People sometimes ask me if I'm Russian. I don't think I specifically look like a Puerto Rican or an Italian. Wouldn't you agree? — Lana Parrilla

Every little girl wanted to be Natalie Wood, as did I. — Lana Parrilla

I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person. — Lana Parrilla

Every phrase had to be captured on paper or it wasn't real, it slipped away. I'd see the words hanging in midair
Camille, pass the milk
and anxiety coiled up in me as they began to fade, like jet exhaust. Writing them down, though, I had them. No worries that they'd become extinct. I was a lingual conservationist. I was the class freak, a tight, nervous eighth-grader frenziedly copying down phrases ("Mr. Feeney is totally gay," "Jamie Dobson is ugly," "They never have chocolate milk") with a keenness bordering on the religious. — Gillian Flynn

A man's value to the community depends primarily on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows. — Albert Einstein

I love a man who knows how to walk. I do like a gentleman, a man who opens the door and a man who walks on the proper side of the street with you. There's something safe about it; he's protecting you. That's a really nice quality. You don't see it as often anymore. I pay attention to those things. I know it sounds silly, but I love that. I'm fortunate to say that I have a good guy. Oh, and he has to have great hands. There's a lot I find sexy in a man, but strong, manly hands are very important. — Lana Parrilla

In my case, I can sincerely say nothing is impossible. — Novak Djokovic

Children, a lot of times, can't make their parents wrong because they have to live with them, because they have to love them. And when you're young, you can't get on your Big Wheel and go down to the Best Western. You've got to live there and you've got to figure it out. — Lana Parrilla

I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working. — Lana Parrilla

Children do run from me. And so do some adults. — Lana Parrilla

I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself. — Lana Parrilla

Jack stopped at the entrance, cupping my face. "Stick to me like a shadow, you." How many times had he told me that?
"I regenerate. I need to go first!"
Dafuq. "You're goan to stay behind me and step where I step. Same for you, coo-yon. This ain't up for discussion! — Kresley Cole

This problem will knock on the doors of all of us, whether through uncontrolled and unmanageable migration flows, by means of diseases and epidemics, as a result of the conflicts generated by poverty and hunger, or as a result of events which are today unforeseeable. — Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla

The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it!
It sinks with you! With you it will ascend. — Friedrich Schiller

When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.' — Lana Parrilla