Top 72 Sarah Michelle Gellar Quotes
#1. I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?
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#2. You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner.
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#3. The episodes all blend together for me, so I don't remember. I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning. I always feel I must be such a disappointment to them.
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#4. The nomadic lifestyle does work for a lot of working parents, but I've traveled and I've seen it, and I want to be able to go home at night and see my daughter. I want to be there for her first day of school and her school recital. Honestly, television is what offers me that.
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#5. Ultimately you want to do something in life that people will remember. And with Buffy, I did that. I don't feel like I need to achieve something. I just do it because it's fun. And that takes the pressure off.
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#6. People stereotype pop stars, but Christina [Aguilera] proves them wrong with her unique style and talent.
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#7. I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel.
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#8. I wouldn't change Buffy for anything and I wouldn't change the course in which she has evolved but it is nice to be able to do something that is a little different.
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#10. How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals.
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#11. I don't do a television show for awards. You make it so people will enjoy watching it.
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#12. I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.
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#13. When I'm with my kids, I definitely try and be in the moment and wait till the end unless the mess poses a real danger, like slipping. But when I am cooking by myself, I definitely clean as I go to simplify.
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#15. I believe in myself, and I've always had people behind me who believed in me. With that, you can do anything.
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#16. Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That's the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself.
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#17. Because Buffy really has become the straight man, every once in a while it's nice to be the one that tells the joke and it's nice to be the one that is the joke and it's nice to do something that's a little bit different.
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#18. It's a terrible process, what you go through, during pilot season. All the shows turn themselves in and there is a good four to six weeks before you get phone call.
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#19. Really, how bad is eating a piece of cake? Being bad is murdering someone. That's bad. Don't do that.
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#20. I try never to say no when it comes to creativity, but I do try and lead down an "appropriate road" - like not on furniture or the walls.
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#21. How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.
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#22. I think it's a mistake if people just fall in love and think that that's the only thing you need to keep you happy. There's a lot more to being with someone than just love.
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#23. I think actually what I'm going to do when I'm done and take my next vacation, is I'm going to go over and start unions in Japan. I'm going to unionize Japan. Because the way they work those crews is so criminal. There's no overtime, so they can just keep going.
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#25. People tell me not to do a soap, but it was a great learning experience because I became familiar with the technical aspects of the business. Besides, look who came out of soaps - Julianne Moore, Demi Moore, Tommy Lee Jones, Parker Posey, Kathleen Turner. All amazing people.
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#26. But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.
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#27. I think Buffy was a grown-up. One of the amazing things about the show was that I was able to grow with her. Yes, she started in high school, and then she went to college, and then essentially she was a mother to all the other Slayers, so I always felt like Buffy was a grown-up.
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#28. And I don't know what I'd do at a fraternity party. All that might be a little lost on me.
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#29. In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top.
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#30. A lot of times, when you start a show at a young age, you get stuck. You get six years of high school, but I didn't have that.
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#31. I got to see the first step, hear the first word. Most people - and certainly working moms - are not able to do that. I wanted to appreciate the fact that I had worked so hard all my life to be able to have those moments.
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#33. I am definitely a Type-A, tidy, everything-has-a-place kind of person, so initially encouraging a mess was against my nature. But once you realize all the benefits, it's pretty simple to let that go.
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#34. Creativity is one of the most important brain functions in developing youth. It is the ultimate road to invention. I believe it is really important to both nurture and encourage this in children - and adults, too!
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#36. Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly.
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#38. Buffy's very similar to me to me when I was growing up. A child in an adult world, sort of trapped between the two. Does Buffy go to the prom or does she save the world from demons?
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#39. My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time.
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#40. Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true.
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#41. I don't smoke, don't drink much, and go to the gym five times a week. I live a healthy lifestyle and feel great. I can run a marathon, you know.
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#42. I clip coupons all the time. Why should you pay more for something that someone else is paying less for?
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#44. The thing about Buffy and Spike is they understand each other on a level that nobody else understands her.
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#45. As with anything, you need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep the character interesting.
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#46. I also think it was important for me and Freddie to be able to have a lot of time to share our lives at the beginning of our marriage rather than my coming home at 9 or 10 at night from the set. Things have really worked out for the best for both of us.
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#47. Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life.
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#48. I also want the chance to work with some of the best actors in the business, because that's where you can learn so much by just being on a set and getting a feel for how they approach their role and how they work with you.
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#50. It's changed so much.There were no blogs when I was on Buffy. There were no weekly magazines, aside from People. Now, to be able keep your secrets for your show is so hard.
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#51. Ringer is the perfect balance of what audiences want ot see me do. It's Cruel Intentions meets Buffy.
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#52. I think that's what growing up is all about. It's about taking on new responsibilities and learning what you can handle, and learning what you can't.
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#53. It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman.
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#54. When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy'
I call them 'disease of the week' movies.
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#55. When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.
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#56. I don't want to feel like a failure to my daughter. She's the best thing I've ever done. Buffy - pretty great and all, but Charlotte's way better.
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#57. Being outspoken has always gotten me into trouble. I'm just this little thing and then all of a sudden it comes out.
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#58. You need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep [your] character interesting.
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#59. Absolutely. It's something I'd eventually love. In the meantime, I just borrow all my friends' kids. It's seriously the best birth control in the world. I'm so tired afterward, I'm like, Okay, maybe in another two years.
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#60. I'm always the one who gets killed. And I want it to be really gory. Body parts all over the place. Mangled!
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#61. All joking aside, I'm a television watcher and I get frustrated with shows sometimes when they set up puzzles and then they don't give answers. It's just more questions and more questions.
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#62. I think that this industry in particular is so fast-paced that you keep saying, 'I'll take vacation later.' Sometimes later never comes. I'm definitely leading a much slower life now that I'm not working every single day on a television series.
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#63. I started to watch Damages and all of these amazing, female-driven shows, and it was something that was always in the back of my mind. Then, once I had my daughter, I realized that I was done living the romantic lifestyle, and nothing offers that more than television.
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#64. It's been hard to be a show in L.A. and be trendsetting, because the fashions are in New York ... Not to mention that most actresses are all, give or take, the same size, between five-two and five-five, and 95 to 125 pounds.
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#65. I love Australia. My dream would be to have a place to live there and be able to commute back and forth.
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#66. There's a part of me that will always believe that Angel is Buffy's true love. That there will be a piece of her heart that will always be with him for the rest of her life.
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#67. I was very burned out after Buffy. It was exhausting. It took me from essentially 18 on the pilot to being 24 and married when we finished. That show was my life. I was doing movies on the hiatuses and on weekends, but I needed to explore and live that gypsy lifestyle.
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#68. I've always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.
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#69. I'm fascinated by twins. It's such an interesting thing. I'm an only child, so I don't have a sibling. But, if you think about the bond that siblings have, that intensifies so much when you think about being in the womb together.
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#72. I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.
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