Alice Englert Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I can ride horses. And I read a lot. But that's kind of it. I think it's enough.”
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“I've spent half my life on planes. I have a lot of love for New Zealand, though. That is where the really arty, whimsical side of the family resided - in Hobbitland.”
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“I'm a big fan of being able to hold those long shots and use space. I don't know, I think everything's so quick cut these days, as if films are too afraid that the audience is going to get bored instead of relaxing and trusting their work.”
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“Stories are the only thing that I can be bothered with. Its the only way that I can do anything, even if Im quite useless. Its the only area in being human where I could be a little useful.”
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“I was 13 when I first saw my mum's films. There were these boys who said to me, 'Your mum makes sexy films,' and I said, 'She doesn't.' Then I watched them and my mum makes sexy films! I'm a huge fan of my mum.”
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“I was raised with adults. I skipped knowing how to interact as a normal teenage person.”
-- Alice EnglertSource : "Alice Englert Talks BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, Getting the Southern Accent Right, and TWILIGHT Comparisons". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 14, 2013.
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“I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.”
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“I deliberately went to boarding school. It was my choice. My mum was abroad and I wanted to wean myself off being dependent. It was a very important time for me to be able to create my own individual, independent life; just as a way of growing up.”
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“Actually, I think I'm part of the last generation to grow up believing in magic and fairies and believing I had powers - you know, lying on the ground and trying to have my spirit leave my body - which never happened; still working on that bit.”
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“I think a lot of people want people who actually have qualities they don't find attractive as a way of being able to change them. It's fascinating, because people think if they can change the other person, they can change themselves. It's a complex phenomenon. It's a fantasy that's actually about being able to come to terms with ourselves.”
-- Alice EnglertSource : "Alice Englert, Alden Ehrenreich on 'Beautiful Creatures' and Teenage Sexuality". The Moviefone Interview, www.moviefone.com. February 14, 2013.
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“I think I read films having grown up around the pre-production and post-production aspect of the filmmaking medium, a lot more than most young people who are in acting would have experienced. I do think about scripts in a different way. I can't just read a script as an actor. I don't know how to do that.”
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“I think the theme that I was attracted to in 'Beautiful Creatures' was you claim yourself. In my opinion, I think that's a really valid idea and I'm glad that that's our foundation.”
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“I was really enjoying one of the screenings of 'Beautiful Creatures' and there was this little 14-year-old boy sitting next to me in the screening and I was laughing at all the jokes and I just felt really judged. I had to keep it down a bit. It's a bit embarrassing.”
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“I went to a lot of different high schools. I had quite a sporadic schooling experience. I went to school in England briefly, to boarding school, and I went to a few different ones in Australia as well. I'm really lucky! I have friends in most countries.”
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“I would never want to do something just for the sake of being independent or for the sake of doing big films. I'm always surprised by the material I'm attracted to. And that's how I like it. I like to be surprised.”
-- Alice EnglertSource : "'Beautiful Creatures' Star Alice Englert on Why She Committed to a Potential Franchise-Starting Film" by Rebecca Ford, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 13, 2013.
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“You don't want to remake something that's just been made, as an actor.”
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“Personally, I like films that make me a little bit uncomfortable because I think you're uncomfortable when something is real.”
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“What's interesting is, for myself, when I become really attracted to somebody, I find them in my dreams... conversations, nothing more.”
-- Alice EnglertSource : "Alice Englert Talks Witch Bar Mitzvahs and Civil War Re-Enactments on the Set of 'Beautiful Creatures'". Interview with Scott Wampler, collider.com. November 8, 2012.
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“I wouldn't treat a romantic scene any differently than any other scene. I would really say the biggest preparation was chewing gum and breath mints! For a kissing scene, it's all about the breath mints!”
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“It's a bit like school camp, shooting a film. Everyone's on heat. It's a strange energy. It's full of adrenalin. I funnel my excess energy in funny little ways. I do a lot of dancing in my trailer. I love music.”
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“Apparently I had lunch with Johnny Depp when I was three months old.”
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“I bought a camera with my first ever paycheck.”
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“I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.”
-- Alice EnglertSource : "Alice Englert Talks BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, Getting the Southern Accent Right, and TWILIGHT Comparisons". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 14, 2013.
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“I dropped out of school and I never took acting classes.”
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“I think you manifest what you believe, and when you believe that you have no choice you lose choice.”
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“I've always loved fantasy. I think it's a great way to look at issues that we have in our own lives with a little bit of the pressure off, you know.”
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“It's not what you see on-screen that makes a performance. It's the things you should never know about - it's the secrets.”
-- Alice EnglertSource : "Reel Steel: Alice Englert" by Nojan Aminosharei, www.elle.com. January 7, 2013.
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“There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does, it's just one of those polite things where you don't question their belief in ghosts. You just go, 'Oh, yeah, okay.' It's amazing to be able to have conversations like that.”
-- Alice EnglertSource : FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from Dec 28, 2016
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