Gillian Anderson Quotes

• You know, it’s a big version of an episode, which I think is necessary at this point because we’re drawing in people who not only people who have seen the show before and are devoted to it, but people who have never seen it before.

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• When the show’s not around any more, it’s going to be hard not to have her in my life.

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• To re-live these characters would be wonderful, because I know when the show ends it will be huge mourning process.

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• My whole belief system is that our paths are drawn for us. I believe in reincarnation. I believe we’re here to learn and grow. We choose how we come into this life based on what it is we have to learn. Some people have harder lessons than others.

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• The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive.

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• Sometimes I read a script and it’s obvious from early on that it’s one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page one. Some are more reality-based.

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• Layers are not difficult for me. You have the luxury of takes, so if you feel like, say, you did not take in the fact that your aunt is across the way in one take, you do it again and try to add that piece.

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• Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

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• It’s so funny, because right now I’m very tired and my brains a little dead, I tend to get very focused and serious. So, I’m probably coming off a lot more like Scully right now.

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• In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she’s now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.

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• In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don’t think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.

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• I was a good liar as a child.

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• I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head. And I regret that.

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• I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

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• I think we’re tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series after seeing the movie they might be disappointed. That there was, you know, that they might have some kind of adverse reaction.

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• I think she definitely has. I think, um, her and Mulder’s relationship has become more equal. And, I think she has become stronger and more independent over the seasons.

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• I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way.

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• I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.

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• I have a tendency to go through my life at full speed and as a one-man band, and so I don’t generally stop and take in other people enough to develop many relationships. I’m starting to regret that a bit. I want to change it.

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• I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.

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Gillian Anderson (27)

Birth:	9th August, 1968
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Gillian Leigh Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an American actress, activist, and TV director. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Theatre School at DePaul University, Chicago, in 1990. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running and widely popular series The X-Files. Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Her role in several films including The Turning, The X-Files: Fight the Future, Playing by Heart, The House of Mirth, The Mighty Celt, The Last King of Scotland, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Boogie Woogie, Shadow Dancer, Mr. Morgan's Last Love, Sold, and Robot Overlords. Her role in television including Any Human Heart, The Crimson Petal and the White, Great Expectations, Hannibal, The Fall, and American Gods.

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