Top 100 Kirsten Dunst Quotes
#1. I was allowed to have an imagination rather than a need to be entertained all the time by television or computers or anything like that. So, I think it's helpful to try and give your kids.
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#2. Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That's not an interview. It's like they're just saying my quotes back to me.
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#3. It's hard to get lost in a scene, to get into a character when everyone's standing around you on the set.
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#4. The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art.
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#5. I don't really want to talk about my personal experience. It's something that I have talked about just because it came out in the press but I've tried to navigate the waters in my own comfort-ability.
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#6. I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.
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#7. Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you.
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#8. It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.
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#9. I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.
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#10. I don't live in the spotlight, and I don't live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible.
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#11. When you're little, you're open to things. It's not like you get into this rehearsed zone when you're a child. At first you play different sides of yourself. And I think it will be really exciting one day to have a character to go into that's not anything like me whatsoever.
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#12. You lose like five pounds immediately, and your face is glowing and gorgeous!
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#13. I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.
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#14. Obviously I'm a feminist. It's ridiculous that anyone would think other of me.
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#15. I'm not someone who is scared of doing things out of the box.
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#16. I'm always looking for that movie that feels like it's hitting me where I need it.
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#17. I can't watch my movies and get into them because as soon as I see myself I get taken out of the film.
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#18. A singer is someone who puts out an album. That's a very generous description.
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#19. I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.
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#20. I don't really relate to myself as The Girl in the Magazine. Which is dangerous for me, too, sometimes, because I don't think all the time, 'Well, look to see if people are following me home.' Sometimes I'm a little bit more free than maybe I should be.
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#21. I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.
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#22. I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy.
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#23. I mean look at Antichrist. He's not making films to be liked by everyone, so why is this so surprising coming from Lars von Trier?
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#24. Everyone goes through a hard time in their life.
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#25. I like to think that death gives life meaning. I like that philosophy.
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#26. Every movie I do, I always use things that have happened in my life. Funny moments, anything. If it just sticks out I'll write it down and use that, too, because it has to come out of you. But no one can work when they're depressed. I don't think I'd physically be able to do it if I were depressed.
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#27. Rare are the people who can capture a human being.
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#28. I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino - he's my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander Payne - Pedro Almodovar wouldn't be too shabby. There are so many good directors, but those are some of my favorites.
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#29. Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence.
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#30. I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.
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#31. I think the best thing about my job is that I have my life documented, which not many people get to have. They have a photo here and there and maybe some video footage from a birthday. My kids will be able to see me growing up.
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#32. The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.
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#33. I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave.
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#34. I was a big Guns N' Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I'd dress up as Axl and she'd be Slash, and we'd rock out in front of the mirror singing 'Patience.'
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#35. I'm not someone who feels like I have to do it the same way. I never feel restricted. It all should grow out of different moments and if it goes completely different that's how it should go.
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#36. When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You're not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin.
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#37. It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes.
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#38. I am sure I would love to do it now, but back then, I was, like, 11 and it was 'ugh.' There's nothing sexual or sexy when you're that age. So I was kissing Brad Pitt. So what? He had chapped lips. He was lovely and kind and sweet to me, but it was just yuk.
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#39. I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're not, you're not.
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#40. I wanted to get an angel wings tatooed on my back, as a guardian thing.
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#41. Charlotte Rampling is someone I've wanted to work with for a very long time. I've always looked up to her as an actress and it's a reason why I feel brave to do a film like Melancholia. So, to me she's the ultimate.
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#42. I've always used my own personal emotions and things that I've gone through in my life to build a character. The work that I do before a film feels almost like therapy, between me and whoever I'm playing.
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#43. I've always had a process that I do before I even get to set or go to the location. I work privately, and it almost feels like therapy between me and who I'm playing. So I have this inner life that's there and it gives me a confidence, too, that when I'm playing the role I know every question.
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#44. I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.
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#45. Everybody has a mean streak in them, don't they?
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#46. The real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself.
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#47. I would love to play Marlene Dietrich in a movie. My dad's from Germany and so I feel like that would be a really interesting person to play.
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#48. If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place
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#49. What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.
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#50. I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked.
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#52. I've seen 'karma' slap people in the face. You have to be good to people. It really does come around.
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#53. I can't wait to have kids one day. I want to have kids and a farm with lots of animals on a lake.
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#54. I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends ... it really doesn't matter what we do.
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#55. When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.
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#56. What are you going to do if it's the end of the world? You better go out having fun instead of stressing about it.
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#57. And sometimes, you need your knight in shining armour,
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#58. It's always nice when people appreciate your work because it means you've affected them, which is great. And so that feels good.
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#59. I'm a person who likes to hang out. I would never go on a blind date. That sounds like the most uncomfortable thing on the planet earth. It's like, 'Hi. Nice to meet you. So, what kind of music do you like?' Date ended.
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#60. I would have loved to have been in a Hitchcock movie.
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#61. I just want to be a good friend to people, that's all.
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#62. Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school.
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#63. You know how people say awards don't mean anything? Hello! I think the energy around them makes everyone cuckoo.
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#64. I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl' either.
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#65. When I was younger, I always did movies that teenagers would watch, not adults. I did 'Crazy/Beautiful' or comedies like 'Bring It On.'
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#66. Lars von Trier is not not somebody who is known for conducting a normal press conference ever!
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#67. I started when I was three years old, doing commercials and Modeling in New York, I liked it so much that I kept doing it.
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#68. In high school I had a boyfriend who was super into rap, so I was into Too $hort and Wu-Tang for a little while. And my best friend's older brother would sometimes drive us home in this pimped-out truck, and he'd play all his dirty rap music. We thought we were really cool.
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#69. I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.
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#70. I don't find I'm manic at all. I'm very chill.
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#71. I was a very extrovert kid. It felt normal to me to act. I always went to regular schools. I've never been catty or a prima donna, so I never had problems. I always had my seat at the cafeteria when I came back from acting.
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#72. I live in New York now and most of magazines have turned more towards reality stars. So, really I think that's great because it's turned towards people who want it rather than ... So, I think it's actually kind of imploding in on itself a little bit.
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#73. When I go away to do a movie, I bring the blanket I've had since I was a little girl. It helps me sleep. I also always bring my laptop so I can E-mail friends. And I bring my dog, Beauty, wherever I can.
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#74. You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say the stupidest things about technique. I don't want to say something stupid.
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#75. I'm not a very 'this is planned out' person when I get to set. 'This is how I'm going to do it' - I'm never like that.
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#76. It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.
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#77. If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it.
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#78. I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.
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#79. I didn't go to Cirque Lodge for alcohol abuse or drug abuse
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#80. For me, my favourite actresses are like Charlotte Rampling or Gena Rowlands ... people who have always stepped outside of the restraints of a certain type of woman or story. I always like those movies the best.
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#81. I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy.
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#82. I've been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to 'Stand' in the mirror.
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#83. I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways.
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#84. I've never had a teenage rebellion; I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.
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#85. I think vegetarians - for a lot of them - it's about a lack of commitment to life and relationships. There are some who just like the fact that they're controlling something in their life.
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#86. My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I'm very young.
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#87. A lot of people my age who are working right now have never acted; they get a show and suddenly they're making millions. It's always those people who get it fast who have the most trouble staying grounded and being themselves.
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#88. When you're in a depressed state, having something really bad happen gives you kind of a life again.
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#89. You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.
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#90. If I saw 'Virgin Suicides' or 'Eternal Sunshine,' I'm so proud to be in those movies. They are such great movies. I felt so free on those sets.
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#91. I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. And I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.
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#92. So many teen films are overproduced and people are going to burnout on the subject.
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#93. The best scripts I read are usually pretty - they move really quickly, there's not a lot of exposition in between all of what's happening, so you can really just flow with the lines, and you're reading and it has a momentum and you understand it emotionally.
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#94. In movies, I hope women aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore are paving the way for girls my age. Hopefully I can pave the way for young actresses, too.
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#95. I think you see in people's eyes what they've been through. Anything in their lives shows up in their eyes.
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#96. I like people more undone than made up. Patricia Arquette is the ultimate. She's not anorexic or perfectly tan, she's not trying to be anything but what she is, and that's the most sexy thing.
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#97. My mother told me that when I was born a wave of feeling came over her. She just knew that I was destined to be an actress.
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#98. I love what I do and I dont want to stop - This is all Ive ever wanted.
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#99. I've been lucky to find people who want to work with me, whom I respect and like, but the truth is there aren't that many good projects out there. And we make way, way too many movies. So it's not always going to happen with every project. But I try and wait it out.
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#100. I think you either get along with Lars [von Trier] or you really don't and I really got along with him. I wasn't scared because I talked to Bryce Dallas Howard about Lars.
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