Quotes by Elizabeth Olsen

About Elizabeth Olsen:

Elizabeth Chase "Lizzie" Olsen is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Godzilla (2014), Silent House (2011), Liberal Arts (2012), and the critically acclaimed Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), for which she was nominated for numerous awards. She is the younger sister of actresses and fashion designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
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I've always had a complex about being taken seriously.

Elizabeth Olsen

I never understood why anyone would do magazines. Like, why would someone put their face out there so much? It's because those people reading magazines will go see the movie, so you do it.

Elizabeth Olsen

I've only done one shoot where it's modeling clothes, not like me in my environment. And the stylist, literally, I had her stand behind the photographer and do poses.

Elizabeth Olsen

Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people.

Elizabeth Olsen

'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it.

Elizabeth Olsen

I feel it is obvious when someone has thought too much about what they're wearing.

Elizabeth Olsen

I really actually enjoy auditioning.

Elizabeth Olsen

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

Elizabeth Olsen

And I think in theater, people don't really focus on the media unless there's a huge superstar doing a play or something.

Elizabeth Olsen

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

Elizabeth Olsen

I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.

Elizabeth Olsen

I just need to figure out how to grow without compromising.

Elizabeth Olsen

Yes, I don't read books for entertainment.

Elizabeth Olsen

I've always loved being a student.

Elizabeth Olsen

Normally I don't feel like having a belly full of pasta.

Elizabeth Olsen

My brother knows more about film sets than I do, because he works at New York Film Academy.

Elizabeth Olsen

My friends and I started making films when I was still in kindergarten.

Elizabeth Olsen

It's interesting to watch myself with an audience; I'm trying hard to learn from it.

Elizabeth Olsen

I think a lot of films do themselves a disfavor by putting in way too much information, and everyone knows what's gonna happen next, and no one can actually discover things as they go.

Elizabeth Olsen

But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.

Elizabeth Olsen

I'm the first one who sees every romantic comedy in theaters.

Elizabeth Olsen

Author Bio

  • NameElizabeth Olsen
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • BornFebruary 16, 1989
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor