Kirsten Dunst Quotes

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.

When I'm working, I always listen to music to zone everyone else out.

On every film I do, whenever there are other girls my age, I think it's definitely up to me to set the pace. That's because I've had a lot of experience, and I think there's always a certain amount of professionalism that should be maintained. If I was catty or whatever, it would just make the whole shoot unpleasant. And what's the point of that?

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.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

I can't watch my movies and get into them because as soon as I see myself I get taken out of the film.

I love what I do and I dont want to stop - This is all Ive ever wanted.

It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.

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.

I just want to be a good friend to people, that's all.

I liked the girly cartoons. I was very much a girly-girl.

A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather than how to say something.

Obviously I'm a feminist. It's ridiculous that anyone would think other of me.

I'm never going to say anything about who I'm dating unless I'm married or engaged.

I'm not someone who plays a part for the press junket.

Doing 'All Good Things' really felt like I was acting for myself rather than anyone else. It gave me a freedom I'd never had before, or knew I had, to do whatever I want to, and to argue my opinions and not just feel like the cute girl on set or the girl in a boy's club. I figured out how I could be both. And it's been different ever since.

If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place

I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.

I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

I think everyone wants for their kids the good things that they had.

I didn't go to Cirque Lodge for alcohol abuse or drug abuse

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.

I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life.

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.

I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers.

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

It's nice when the movie is not on your shoulders, too. It's fun to do a smaller part sometimes.

I would have loved to have been in a Hitchcock movie.

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.

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.

I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave.

Pristine vulnerability is just so boring to me. The performances that I love are ones like Gena Rowland's in 'A Woman Under the Influence,' where women are allowed to be messy and imperfect. It's that kind of woman that has always inspired me to seek roles that are a little out of the box. I just haven't always had the opportunity to do them.

I think that everybody in life probably goes through obstacles at different times in life. I wouldn't really call them obstacles, I think that's just called growing up, and I think it's hard to be in the industry at such a young age

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.

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.

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

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.

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

My favourite food at the moment is Pasta, with tons of shaved Parmesan on the side. Not crumbly but like the hunks, you know what I meanwhen you get the thin slices.

A lot of people my age, they grew up with me onscreen. I think that's helped keep a certain amount of longevity. When you grow up with a person, you feel like you know them.

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.

I've been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to 'Stand' in the mirror.

I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl' either.

I think it's best to date someone who doesn't do what you do.

I don't gossip about myself.

When you spend your entire life as a child actress, being told where to go and where to stand, you're performing constantly for people. It definitely breeds the kind of person who's dependent on other people's approval.

I'm not someone who is scared of doing things out of the box.

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life.

When you have a beanpole body, everything looks cute. Like Alexa Chung. I like her style, but she's really tall and skinny, so everything looks good on her.

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.

I'm the kind of person who buys a new thing, wears it so much and then is totally sick of it.

Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school.

Everybody has a mean streak in them, don't they?

When I'm an old lady, I'm going to have my pick of the young men. They'll be like, 'She's Miss Mary Jane!' The young boys will think I'm a hot old lady.

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.

I really want to do a film in another language. My dad's from Germany, so it'd be really cool to do a film in German. I'm not quite fluent, but I can get there. And my accent's pretty good. I wouldn't feel too out of my element.

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.

I know kids are supposed to go through these awkward stages, but I just never even thought about that. I was too busy worrying about getting my education while I was working.

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.

I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing.

When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I hate red-carpet photographs!

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it.

I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.

But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.

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.

I really just enjoy listening to talk [to John Hurt and Charlotte Rampling ] ... not even about acting or anything. It's interesting because I felt really connected to all these people very easily. They're all very open emotionally, like we're in the scene together, so you never feel like anyone's acting.

You lose like five pounds immediately, and your face is glowing and gorgeous!

You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you're excited for the day? That's one of my main goals in life.

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.

A singer is someone who puts out an album. That's a very generous description.

When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me.

When you're in a depressed state, having something really bad happen gives you kind of a life again.

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?

Madonna is my role model shes such a powerful woman. I love Gwenyth Paltrow, shes an actress I aspire to be like. And, of course, my mom. She drove me from New Jersey to New York every day for commercials so I could get where I am today.

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.

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.

I don't find I'm manic at all. I'm very chill.

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

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.

I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. 'Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?'

You can never get enough of 'Jeopardy.'

I attract a different kind of boy when my hair's red. I get more quality men - like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.

Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence.

I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy.

I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways.

I feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn't want to see that.

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.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

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.

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.