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Evan Rachel Wood Quotes

Actress
Born On
1987-09-07
Birth Place
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Birth Sign
virgo
Father
Ira David Wood III
Mother
Sara Lynn Moore
Spouse
Jamie Bell (m. 2012–2014)
Nationality
American
Education
Cary Elementary School, Laurel Springs School

I used to not even be able to order pizza on the phone because I was just so shy. I think that's why so much comes out on-screen: because that's my time to let go in a safe place. When you're doing that, it's all written down on paper, and it's total fiction.

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What's nice about acting is that you're not just left with yourself all the time, but you get to see the world through so many different people's eyes.

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I am trying to be a good person. I am trying to be myself, and if nobody likes me for me, that is their problem.

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I was a real tomboy for most of my life. Then I went through a really girlie period, then through a goth phase. I was so obsessed with my hair and makeup, and I was having so much fun as a teenager playing with my look.

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A script can just be a blueprint, and you've got to go in and build it and color it in and paint it.

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Anyone who says you can't do anything with short hair is wrong! Every day, my style turns into something new, and there are so many different ways you can wear it.

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The biggest lessons I've learned in life have probably come from a bad situation, from an angry situation, even if I wasn't the one who was angry.

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I'm constantly changing, I'm constantly growing. I think I'm a little controversial... I just try and keep some mystery, so hopefully people can't really put their finger on it.

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I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls... I'm into androgyny in general.

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If I'm going to do anything extreme, I want it to have consequences.

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Sometimes I forget that I am even watching myself, realizing that's me. It's like you almost become a fan yourself: You are just this normal person watching this show, and then you realize that it's your show. It's weird sometimes.

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I hope to have a career like Jodie Foster, going from child to adult actress.

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I have a black belt and used to compete when I was a kid! I did the Junior Olympics.

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The Beatles mean so much to so many people, you know? Everybody has at least one song of The Beatles that's one of their favorite songs of all time.

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We all just kinda did everything we thought we were supposed to do and girls dated the guys they were supposed to and did things with the guys they were supposed to.

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I love the smell of vanilla, but I didn't have perfumes growing up, so I wore vanilla extract.

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I don't want to have another baby, but my little sister is adopted, and I was hoping that one day I could do that...There are so many possibilities.

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The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.

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I'll never forget my 24th birthday when my tooth got punched out. And for a second I was like, it would be really hilarious if I sold it on eBay. But I can't, that's just too creepy. I don't think I can go there.

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Just look at the messages today's media are sending everybody, from TV and commercials to actors and singers. Kids are just drowning in that 24-7 and it's getting really bad.

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I'm a big karaoke fan and I also love Justin Bieber unashamedly.

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I don't remember a time when I wasn't acting. I have taken time off to figure out if it's what I really want to do, and it is. The only other job I'd want is to be a psychologist, as I spend most of my time analyzing people and emotions.

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I didn't really get a normal childhood.

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I always feel like one of the guys and very unintimidated.

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I have a karaoke lounge in my house, complete with a tiki bar and hula-girl lamps and disco balls.

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I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is.

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You don't have to take yourself so seriously all the time.

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All my life people have made fun of me because I was so skinny. They kind of made me feel bad about it sometimes. I worried that maybe people will think I am really anorexic.

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I'm in love with London. English boys are great. I completely fell in love with it over there.

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I've made my own music, and the way I've always described it is Peggy Lee with an electric guitar, or Billie Holiday with some PJ Harvey in there.

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People who I've worked with are always like, 'Why aren't you doing comedy? You're funny!' because they've only seen the one side. I did do the comedy 'Whatever Works,' with Woody Allen and Larry David.

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I am on Facebook, but it's mainly for friends and family, so it's not my real name. But I am on Twitter a lot. I resisted it for so long, but I love it because I get to connect with people I look up to - actors, comedians, and singers.

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I'm a big Turner Classic Movies fanatic - I was really addicted for a while.

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I hold music so close to my heart - to the point where I was always like, 'Well, if it's not Radiohead, I don't want to do it!'

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Any child actor will tell you that you don't have a lot of the tools or the experience to combat a lot of the criticism or very adult situations being thrown at you.

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Singing makes me so happy and feeds my soul so much that I almost wouldn't want it to get tainted and become this work thing.

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One time, somebody said I look just like Evan Rachel Wood but hotter.

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My first love was singing. It was the first thing that really felt like it was a part of me. It's just in my blood. And acting came sort of out of singing because I did a lot of musical theater.

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I have facials, and I'll do microdermabrasion every now and then. But mostly, I eat right - you know, lots of greens - and I drink a lot of water. And I like to use a lot of natural stuff on my face. I don't like to over-product it. I actually wipe my makeup off with olive oil.

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I've struggled with gender norms my whole life, always feeling like I wasn't black-and-white; I was in this gray area, and gray areas really scare people because you can't define them.

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I do love when men wear cologne - if I get a hint of it, I want to move closer so I can smell it more.

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Throughout the entire time I was filming 'Thirteen,' I'd just lock myself in my room and listen to Garbage's first album. It was Shirley Manson, Nirvana and Radiohead who got me through everything. Also, Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos. They were so beautiful and strange, and they gave women permission to be angry and emotional, but also strong.

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Sometimes I think I still dress like a 13-year-old boy. It's not that I don't like feminine clothing: I just like a blend because it reflects who I am.

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Dry shampoo is just really awesome because it'll keep your hair light, but it'll give it texture so that you can move it and style it, but it'll kind of just stay in place - so I really love dry shampoo on shorter hair.

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It took me a while to get to a place of feeling like fashion was an expression - something I could have fun with and an art form.

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I feel sexy when I'm doing what I love - like when I'm singing or performing or something - that's when I feel the most in control and in my element.

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I met Bowie when I was 15 backstage at his 'Reality' tour and blacked out completely. I have no memory of the encounter except just looking into his different-colored eyes.

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I have a very large shoebox overflowing with lyrics I've been writing and collecting since my teen years and into my late 20s, with lyrics from all walks of my life. Darkness, being in love, being heartbroken, finding yourself... and lyrics that I've been sitting on for, like, seven years, that I haven't done anything with.

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I got the most surprising reaction was when I had bleached blonde hair with a black stripe at the bottom - all of the ends were black. That one got the most attention - good and bad.

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