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• I don’t think I’m the world’s most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching ‘Star Trek’ religiously – all of them: the original, ‘Next Generation,’ ‘Deep Space Nine,’ ‘Voyager.’ I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.

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• I feel like it’s always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It’s often times your greatest ‘flaw’ which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

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• I feel naked without jewelry. If I’m having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.

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• I go where the material is, and I feel like I’m looking for really strong directors. That’s the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.

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• I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I’m lucky enough to be doing this doesn’t make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited.

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• Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There’s always a lot of people working on things together.

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• But I loved doing the physical stuff for ‘Dredd.’ I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.

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• But I would say maybe just from an actress’s perspective, probably ‘Woman Under the Influence’ is the best movie of all time. The style of filmmaking and the performances… you don’t feel like you’re watching a film.

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• I am always plagued with ‘I’m not skinny enough, I’m not in shape.’ I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I’m okay with that in my personal life. But it is kind of hard at times. I feel inadequate, I suppose?

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• I can say I love working with women. Film is a man’s world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.

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• I can’t give more than I have. It doesn’t matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.

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• I did ‘Nobody Walks’ right after ‘Dredd.’ Well, actually, I got off the plane from Capetown where we shot ‘Dredd’ and tested for ‘Being Flynn’ that same day. Then I came out to L.A. to make this film right after that so it was all very back to back.

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• Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do – at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey – but this is the one that’s a big deal.

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Olivia Thirlby (33)

Birth:	6th October, 1986
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Olivia J. Thirlby is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Leah in the Oscar-winning film Juno, as Natalie in The Darkest Hour and as Judge Cassandra Anderson in Dredd. In June 2008, Thirlby was described by Vanity Fair as a member of "Hollywood's New Wave".

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