Trachtenberg Quotes & Sayings

I was always wanting to learn and be one of those actresses who can actually hold a conversation as opposed to standing there looking pretty. — Michelle Trachtenberg

The food was interesting. My background is Russian, so cheese and potatoes are my love. There was plenty of that. And fried cheese! It is really, really, really good. And really, really, really bad for you. It's like an artery on a plate. — Michelle Trachtenberg

Somewhere between what the lens depicts and what the caption interprets, a mental picture intervenes, a cultural ideology defining what and how to see, what to recognize as significant. — Alan Trachtenberg

I am young. I better show off what I have now. — Michelle Trachtenberg

The philosopher Berkley claimed that everything in the universe
exists solely as a thought in the mind of God. In response to this
Samuel Johnson is supposed to have kicked a stone and said, "I refuse
him thus!"
Nowhere is it written that Johnson stubbed his toe when he kicked
that stone. But he probably did and it probably hurt. — Peter Trachtenberg

I am excited to be on set. I love what I do. As long as I have that feeling, then I'm gonna stick to it. As long as I'm lucky enough to get projects and keep working, I will always be grateful for it. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I've definitely seen things that have made me laugh. And there's some things that are really smart and like, "Oh man, we should have done that, that's really cool!" And there's some things that are like, "Oh, do they know something? I don't know!" So there's the whole variety of things that are in those theories. But they're cool. — Dan Trachtenberg

I know that there are a billion girls out there that would kill to be in my position, and I never forget that. — Michelle Trachtenberg

Four months filming in a foreign country. You know, it is great because you get to learn all about different cultures. I feel so much more enriched. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I wrapped 'Buffy' and I always felt on 'Buffy' that they wanted to keep me younger for a specific reason. It seemed like I was getting younger every year that I was on the show. I think there was a reference to me being 15, then 14. — Michelle Trachtenberg

My mother was there every day of the production. You know what? My mother and I are so close, she really understands the fact that I am 18 and I am maturing. I guess I am not your average 18 year-old. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I've always felt that kids are really smart. — Michelle Trachtenberg

The core for everything is to be grateful. It's literally as simple as that. I've always known that I'm lucky to be an actress, and I'm lucky to be a working actress. I'm lucky to have garnered attention for certain roles, and I'm grateful for it. — Michelle Trachtenberg

When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I once dated a guy who was like, 'Holy sh
, I just made out with Harriet the Spy!' And that's messed up. Don't say that. I was 10, you're 30, it's just weird. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I will not be doing any FHM or crazy Maxim magazines. I will leave that to the other actresses in Hollywood who want to shed their clothes because they think that's beneficial to them. I would much rather chose a creative way - like in a movie. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I feel that in order to truly be an actor, you have to differentiate yourself and your roles. — Michelle Trachtenberg

If you're not falling, you're not training hard enough. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I was very excited to hone in on John Goodman. Casting John first really set the tone. He's very good at being terrifying and being hilarious, and I loved the idea of that character not being merely 'moustache-twirly'. I enjoyed being scared by him. — Dan Trachtenberg

I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for 'Six Feet Under', last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I don't like to search too much. I find it is easier when romance finds you. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I chose to wait to get my drivers license. Since I was working and I didn't have time, I got it like a week before my 18th birthday. — Michelle Trachtenberg

Most people say they talk to me and I sound older. — Michelle Trachtenberg

Keep your private life private. Be open to suggestions from different people. And just be nice. I have heard stories about people who are just plain rude to the press or fans. — Michelle Trachtenberg

The sexy moments for me, I wasn't thinking of them as sexy. I was thinking of them as more specific to my character. So it was necessary for my character's development in the movie, so that's how I played it. — Michelle Trachtenberg

She hops expectantly into the sink. I turn on the tap for her; she laps without a glance in my direction, like a duchess so used to being ministered to that she no longer notices the servants and sees only a world where objects dumbly bend to her wishes, doors opening, faucets discharging cool water, delicious things appearing in her dish. — Peter Trachtenberg

I grew up loving Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and Michael Bay and Adrian Lyne. — Dan Trachtenberg

I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love. — Michelle Trachtenberg

A lot of the commercials that I was doing were very slice-of-life, emotional, documentary-style, not big and cinematic and ultimately like the kind of movie I wanted to make. — Dan Trachtenberg

One of the first cassette tapes I ever purchased was the Rambo III score. I was not allowed to see Rambo, but my mom would allow me to buy the music, so I would listen to that score over and over and imagine the movie. But those limitations and not being able to access those things made me so much more excited about them. — Dan Trachtenberg

I just feel - specifically about that holiday - why is it just one day that you have to tell the person that you love how much you love them? I think that is a little silly. I am much more the girl that likes the spontaneous. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I had a sudden understanding of tattooing's true appeal: It's
Troll-collecting for biker types. — Peter Trachtenberg

The way to my heart is by being truthful and spontaneous. — Michelle Trachtenberg

I've always been a fan of [Mary Elizabeth Winstead's]. She gets to do some fun action-y stuff she brings this gritty swashbuckle to. I think there's a lot of movies that have women in peril running away from the scarier things and then end up being saved by a man, so it's great to see this character MacGyver her way out of situations, whether physically MacGyvering away, or mentally MacGyvering a way out of something. I relate to her more than I relate to most leading men in movies. — Dan Trachtenberg

Style," the well-known historian Peter Gay once wrote, "is not the dress of thought but part of its essence. — Marc Trachtenberg

I allow myself to get firmly sucked in. I love that! I come from that. — Dan Trachtenberg

Yes, romance has found it's way into my heart in the past. — Michelle Trachtenberg

Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks. — Michelle Trachtenberg

...most people would rather feel guilty than feel helpless. — Peter Trachtenberg

I spent a long time trying to make it in the commercial world hoping that commercials would then lead to movies. That was a less-travelled path at the time, although it's very well-travelled now. — Dan Trachtenberg

I plays Joe's best friend. I am the only one he has ever been able to trust in his life, so I help him understand what happened to him when he was younger. — Michelle Trachtenberg