Ellen Page Quotes

• I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s.

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• I think, because I’ve been working for a while, I’ve been working since I was ten, I had the fortune of reading a lot, a lot of scripts.

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• I think there’s a tremendous amount of guilt that goes on between mothers and daughters, no matter how good or bad their relationships are.

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• I think a lot of the time in films, men get roles where they create their own destiny and women are just tools, supporters for that.

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• I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it’s just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it’s stunts.

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• I have trouble sometimes watching actors – even when they do a great job – with an accent.

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• I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don’t see a box-office failure blamed on men.

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• I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget.

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• I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can’t, because if I get injured, I’ll impair whatever film I’m working on.

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• I don’t want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I’m grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I’m not doing it.

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• I didn’t really play dress up when I was a kid, and I’m really T-shirt and jeans-y.

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• I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it’s common sense.

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• And I’ve shot in Prince Edward Island winters, I mean, I’ve shot in some intense, intense temperatures.

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• I’m a huge Sissy Spacek fan.

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• When I feel strongly about something, I’m not so quiet.

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• I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

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• And I think it’s really easy for people to point out hypocrisy in people’s lives.

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• As a girl, you’re supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin?

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Ellen Page (38)

Birth:	21st February, 1987
Nationality:	Canadian
Profession:	Actress

About

Ellen Philpotts-Page, known professionally as Ellen Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is a Canadian actress. She started her career in Canada with roles in the television shows including Pit Pony, Trailer Park Boys, and ReGenesis. She starring in the 2005 drama Hard Candy a role that won her the Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress. Her breakthrough role in Jason Reitman's comedy film Juno for which she received nominations for Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Her other notable film roles have been in the X-Men series portraying Kitty Pryde in X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

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