Trachtenberg Michelle 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

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

Mandelstam is the sort of poet who comes along very, very rarely. Even the two Russian poets whose work is often linked with his - Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva - though their work is more "urgent" than most American poetry, seem to me to operate at a lesser charge than Mandelstam. — Christian Wiman

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

Our use of words defines us. — Melissa Harker Ridenour

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

If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them. — Larry Wall

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

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 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

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

Later, you should learn to hire fast and scale up the company, but in the early days the goal should be not to hire. Not to hire. — Sam Altman

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

When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all. — Marilynne Robinson

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

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

The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear. — Martha Beck

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

Fiction writing starts off by requiring the towering arrogance that enables one to sit down at the typewriter in the belief that someone somewhere will actually be eager to read the productions of our own private imaginations. But that arrogance must be buffered by the humility that leads us to learn our craft and strive to make our work comprehensible and inviting and accessible to the reader. — Lawrence Block

One has to understand China correctly. Our management there consists of native Chinese, we produce locally and our suppliers also come from China. In this way, we too can also enjoy the cost advantages. — Tulsi Tanti

but when i write, i feel like the most important man in the world, because when i write, i give meaning to things. i create significance, and i create meanings, and as hard as that may for you to believe, that's really even more important in the long run than life and death. — Elliot Mabeuse

Caricatures are an important part of our culture of debate. They should defuse political spats through humor and irony. It is about making a strong statement but softening it with a wink. So Danes do not get too upset about caricatures. None of us is interested in insulting Muslims. — Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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

Only the big food manufacturers have the wherewithal to secure FDA-approved health claims for their products and then trumpet them to the world. Generally, it is the products of modern food science that make the boldest health claims, and these are often founded on incomplete and often bad science. — Michael Pollan

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

A life lived without borders is a life lived in captivity — Todd Stocker

Stevenson had noble ideas
as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to present himself as a thoughtful idealist and wait for the world to flock to him. He considered it below him, or wrong, to scramble out among the people and ask them what they wanted. Roosevelt grappled voters to him. Stevenson shied off from them. Some thought him too pure to desire power, though he showed ambition when it mattered. — Garry Wills

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

It is not what I want from you, Conor O'Malley, it said. It is what you want from me.
"I don't want anything from you," Conor said.
Not yet, said the monster. But you will. — Patrick Ness

My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things. — Mayer Hawthorne

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