Olivia Wilde Quotes

"I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity."

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

"Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part."

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

"Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks."

"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."

"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."

"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.'"

"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.'"

"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."

"A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend."

"I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives."

"I used to experiment all the time with my hair color."

"I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn't wait to get back to Ardmore."

"I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired."

"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?"

"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."

"The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons."

"I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend."

"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."

"Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, 'Oh, I don't eat gluten. I don't eat cheese. I don't eat this. So I eat cardboard.'"

"If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter."

"I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo."

"I was a handful growing up."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I was a tomboy and I didn't have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother."

"It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything."