Amber Benson Quotes

• You were doing a TV show – you don’t realise that you’re also making social commentary at the same time.

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• Yeah, I’m a geek. I read sci-fi and I watch sci-fi films. I love my computer and I love to fix it. I’m a total nerd. I literally am a 12-year-old geeky boy trapped in a 32-year-old woman’s body.

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• The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You’re a pawn in somebody else’s chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that’s very thrilling.

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• Maybe because she’s smaller than me she might look taller.

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• I’ve always been a big fan of books.

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• I’m such a geek, I know all about mythology and I don’t know Marc Jacobs.

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• I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She’s selfish, she’s childish, she’s immature and because I’m doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times.

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• I think that I have this core group of fans that fell in love with the character I played on Buffy and now they’re following me to everything I do. They’re very dedicated and loyal. I’m very lucky.

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• I think specifically because of the character that I played, people are very connected to her. I used to get letters from young gay and lesbian and trans-gendered kids saying, ‘I didn’t kill myself because of Buffy’.

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• I think people are starting to think of me less as an actor and more as a writer.

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• I think any good literature, whether it’s for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children’s literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would.

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• I love sci-fi and fantasy.

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• I just feel lucky to have grown up where I did because I think it gave me a nice base. Hollywood can really mess with your sense of self and I feel like coming from the South keeps me pretty grounded.

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• I admit it: I’m a freak who sits obsessively in front of my computer typing my name into Yahoo Search over and over again. I’m a closet Amberholic. Please help me!

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• Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when I grew up. Then I realized I really just like stories.

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• Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It’s like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.

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Amber Benson (16)

Birth:	8th January, 1977
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Film Director, Producer, Writer

About

Amber Nicole Benson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Edward Benson, a psychiatrist, and Diane Benson. She is an American actress, writer, film director, and film producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but has also directed, produced and starred in her own films Chance and Lovers, Liars & Lunatics. She also co-directed the film Drones with fellow Buffy cast member Adam Busch. As a child, Benson studied music and dance, and performed in the Birmingham Children's Ballet, as well as in local theater. Benson was 14 when she made her feature film debut in the Steven Soderbergh film, King of the Hill.

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