Quotes by Sarah Gadon

About Sarah Gadon:

Sarah Gadon is a Canadian actress. She had film roles in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis. She has guest starred in a number of notable television series including Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Dark Oracle, Doc, In a Heartbeat, La Femme Nikita, Life with Derek and Mutant X. She also does voice-acting for Mattimeo, My Dad the Rock Star, Ruby Gloom, Total Drama and Wayside. Her most recent project contains a role alongside Jamie Dornan and Aaron Paul in Miramax's upcoming supernatural thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax
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I do build my own backstory as an actor. It's important to know where your characters have come from in order to know where they're going - in order to exist in that state of being.

Sarah Gadon

It's particularly important for a young woman to be in control of her image - to a certain extent. I mean, there's only so much you can do, because people take photos with you and then all of a sudden they pop up all over the place, they're completel...

Sarah Gadon

I've studied dance since I was very young, and I continue to study ballet.

Sarah Gadon

Movement is very important to a character, no matter what period you're working in. So when it came to playing Emma Jung and lacing up in the corset, it was really not a foreign thing for me.

Sarah Gadon

When you're in a very specific kind of wardrobe, it kind of dictates your movement; it also kind of enables you - or, I guess, disables you - from certain kinds of movement.

Sarah Gadon

It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around.

Sarah Gadon

I'm a part-time student, and I plan to finish my degree. I think there are a lot of part-time students with jobs on the side or stressful careers. I'm certainly not the first person to be working while I'm in university.

Sarah Gadon

Since 'A Dangerous Method,' I've had meetings with everyone from J.J. Abrams to the producers of 'Drive.' And they all have the same thing in common; they say: 'Wow you worked with Cronenberg.' He gave me instant film cred.

Sarah Gadon

If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves.

Sarah Gadon

I wore a pink Betsey Johnson dress to my prom, and I pretty much looked like a pink cupcake. I loved that dress!

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I think I'll always base myself out of Toronto. I don't have any plans to move to L.A.

Sarah Gadon

My chosen occupation isn't necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.

Sarah Gadon

You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point.

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When you're wearing a corset for a long period of time, things that were important to you hours before are no longer important, because doing them exhausts you.

Sarah Gadon

When you fall in love with favourite movie stars, it's not because they're movie stars and unattainable, but because they show you sides of themselves that are extremely personal.

Sarah Gadon

It's so often that I read for the bouncy, sunny girl men fall in love with who will solve all the romantic problems in the narrative. I don't choose to work that way.

Sarah Gadon

I think Tilda Swinton is terribly interesting. I think she's fascinating. I love her work.

Sarah Gadon

I'm really into acquiring film paraphernalia - that's my hobby. I love old movie posters, cameras and film reels.

Sarah Gadon

It's tempting to think, 'This is silly. I'm an artist. I care about my work, my work is first. I don't care about what kind of dress I wear... That's so secondary to me.' But if you care about your work... then you need to take this part of it just a...

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I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.

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Author Bio

  • NameSarah Gadon
  • BornApril 4, 1987
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionActor