Chloe Sevigny Quotes:

Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.

source: - Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

Topics: Inspiration, Men, Thinking

My parents found tradition and ritual very important, because they were both brought up that way and found comfort in it. They thought it was important for children to be kept on a schedule. You went home for the holidays, you went to mass on Sunday - no ifs, ands, or buts. That was ingrained in me from a very young age, and I think that's informed who I am in so many aspects of my life. I crave stability and a schedule and the security that comes along with it.

Topics: Children, Holiday, Home, Home For The Holidays

Fashion embraces the weirdos. They're into that. There are always young people that people in fashion are interested in. You know, youth and vitality and energy - it brings something different.

source: - "Tavi interviews Chloe Sevigny about skate threads and fashion weirdos" by And Teran, www.mtv.com. December 8, 2011.

Topics: Fashion, People, Energy

I think to be a true style icon, you just have to dress yourself. There are so many actresses floating around who have people picking out their outfits for them; that's hard for me to wrap my head around or celebrate.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Thinking, Icons, People

I feel like we were the last generation, and there's this big divide before and after the 1990s. I feel sorry for the kids today. It's all too much.

source: - "America Is Discussing: Is Today’s Youth a Lost Generation?" by Arzu Kaya Uranli, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 15, 2013.

Topics: Sorry, Kids, Too Much

I'm not the greediest person. Of course, I work in a business where that's all relative and there's a lot of money to be made. I think I'm satisfied making as much as I have and I don't feel particularly driven to have more.

source: - Source: www.elle.com

Topics: Thinking, Driven, Made

It's not what you spend but how you wear it that counts. The key is often to dress up inexpensive basics with accessories. Something like a beautiful designer bag or belt can make everything else look richer and more luxurious.

source: - "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Topics: Beautiful, Keys, Dresses

I feel terrible about corporate greed. Growing up in a household that was a little more humble and didn't put so much emphasis on money and material goods, I think I have a pretty good head on my shoulders.

Topics: Growing Up, Humble, Thinking, Corporate Greed

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.

source: - Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

Topics: Who I Am, Brands

I wish I could take back every interview. Over and over again, I read them later, and either I'm misquoted or I said something stupid. I'm just not very good at it.

Topics: Stupid, Wish, Interviews

The film industry is so fickle about financing, and it's so difficult to get movies made.

Topics: Fickle, Film, Made

Growing up I was very into art. In high school I was into the surrealists and impressionists, and I loved Klimt. In '91 or '92 I saw one of those Felix Gonzalez-Torres Untitled billboards. I was just really arrested by it. It was kind of my first foray into contemporary art. It was a turning point for me as to what art could be and what it meant and the impact it could have.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Art, Growing Up, School, Impressionists, Surrealist

New York is so diverse. When you're on the street or in the subway, you're experiencing more of the diversity of New York.

Topics: New York, Diversity, Subway

I'm frugal. It's often cheaper to take the subway. And I'm an environmentalist, which my mother instilled in me, so I really believe in public transportation. And finally, I love the proximity to people in the subway.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Mother, Believe, People, Public Transportation

I take the subway because I don't like having someone else driving. It's hard for me to be in a cab, because the traffic makes me feel insane. On the subway you're getting there faster and it's easier.

Topics: Insane, Subway, Driving

To be a true icon, you have to have style emanating from you. And you have to have figured it out on your own and have a point of view, a perspective, and be able to translate it in some personal way.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Views, Icons, Perspective

I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment.

Topics: Workout, Training, Cardio, Cardiovascular Exercise, Circuit Training

I had a weird dream the other night that I was on 'Jersey Shore.'

Topics: Dream, Night, Jersey, Jersey Shore, Weird Dream

I couldn't survive just doing independent movies. And I'd rather do modelling than movies or TV I didn't like.

Topics: Independent, Tvs, Modelling

I want a guy who is masculine, good with his hands and able to build stuff and who has survival skills. Facial hair is a big turn-on. Most of the kids I hang out with in New York are hipster arty types, but I like a stronger, more physically imposing man - like a lumberjack.

Topics: New York, Hipster, Kids, Survival Skills, Turn-on

I wish I looked more like my mother, but I think I look like my father. I wish I had one of those naturally beautiful faces. Or a more quirky face. I'm right down the middle: not interesting enough, not pretty enough.

Topics: Beautiful, Mother, Father, Not Pretty, Not Pretty Enough

If I'm feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I'll put on MAC's Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be.

Topics: Feeling Down, Red Lipstick, Feelings, Lipstick

I'm a sucker for packaging!

Topics: Packaging, Sucker

When I was a teenager, I was really into hair; I dyed it different colours and had loads of haircuts. I shaved my head when I was 17 - it was pretty radical!

Topics: Teenager, Hair, Different, Different Colours

I'm really into a blush on the eyelid and on the high of the cheek. The singer of 'Cocteau Twins' used to do that - really pink eyelids. It added a little romance to the hard kind of street-edge clothes.

Topics: Clothes, Romance, Littles, Eyelids

It's hard to encapsulate my inspiration because there are so many different looks, but I think it's just like, sexy girl you see walking down the street in a cool outfit. A lot of eyelet, a lot of leather, playing with the hard and the soft, the good and bad inside of us all.

Topics: Girl, Sexy, Inspiration, Different Looks, Sexy Girl

I think my legs are a strong point, so I try to draw attention to them rather than the upper part of my body.

Topics: Strong, Thinking, Trying

As of late, I am more of a homebody. I like having people over. You can smoke in the apartment. I'm just not into going out so much. The crowd is getting younger and younger.

Topics: People, Over You, Going Out, Homebodies

I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-'90s club scene. I had really short hair and started blurring the line a bit. But for me, grade school was about Benetton, Esprit, and Guess jeans.

source: - "Chloe Sevigny Men’s Collection". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 7, 2009.

Topics: Girl, New York, School, Really Short, Androgynous

There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.

Topics: Zodiac, Done, Ranking

I always like my trailer or hotel room to have fresh flowers or pillows I find at a local flea market - anything to personalize the environment.

Topics: Flower, Fleas, Rooms, Hotel Rooms, Flea Markets

I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible.

Topics: Would Be, Film, Bigs, Indie Films

The other day I got a text from a boy, but it wasn't hot. I mean, if you're going to text me every day, you haven't seen me for months and you're trying to seduce me, you'd better spice up that text and make it more exciting than 'How was your day? I hope you're having a beautiful one.' Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.

source: - "Chloe Sevigny Goes Pantsless In Playboy, Talks Vincent Gallo Sex Scene". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 25, 2011.

Topics: Beautiful, Mean, Kissing, Text Me

I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.

Topics: Positive, Being Positive, Negative

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

Topics: Integrity, Proud, Cynicism

Actors rarely stay in touch with directors after they've filmed together. We go back to real life.

Topics: Real, Together, Directors

It's like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and I'm so not that. I never was that; I'll never be that. That is part of the business that I don't like. Maybe that will always keep me an outsider, I don't know. But that's fine.

source: - "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Topics: Outsiders, Faces, Like You, Happy Face, Baloney

I was very troubled, yes. Me and my brother both - we were troubled and troublemakers.

Topics: Brother, My Brother, Troublemaker

I've been an outsider all my life - I don't care.

source: - "Chloë Sevigny on Pauly D, Parodies, and More". Interview with Sam Bellikoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2011.

Topics: Care, Outsiders

I find most men don't like a lot of makeup.

Topics: Makeup, Men

It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you.

Topics: Inspiration, Great Things, Draws

I definitely spend the most money on shoes, partly because vintage footwear can be a little funky - in a bad way. I like to keep things pretty simple up top and then go weird with the shoes.

Topics: Simple, Shoes, Vintage, Footwear, Fashion Shoe

I'm definitely a lash girl. I feel they are my best feature. I have tried lots of mascaras. I was drawn to Lancome Doll Lashes recently. Not only because of the name, but it smells like roses! I usually add a few coats of it for a night out.

Topics: Girl, Night, Names, Lashes, Mascara

I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.

source: - "Chloe Sevigny: the interview" by Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.

Topics: Beautiful, Suicidal, Play

I'd like to find someone to procreate with - as sexy as that sounds. If you're out and about and fit the description, come up and say hi. I won't bite. Well, maybe a little, if you're lucky.

Topics: Sexy, Littles, Sound

I've been texting for a year with a couple of guys without ever going on a date with them.

Topics: Couple, Years, Guy

Even buying a swimsuit is super difficult. And then making one is even harder.

Topics: Swimsuits, Buying, Difficult

I think once you're past 30 you shouldn't wear a lot of glitter.

Topics: Past, Thinking, Glitter

I refrain from lots of things I love, like cheese and carbs. I eat plenty of greens every day, my favorite being watercress.

Topics: Cheese, My Favorite, Refrain, Carbs

I'm more conservative with make-up. My everyday look is a bit of concealer with lots and lots of mascara.

Topics: Everyday, Looks, Conservative, Mascara

In Hollywood, you can't say anything bad about anybody or everyone is going to attack you.

Topics: Say Anything, Hollywood

My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing.

Topics: Jobs, Bmw, Tennis, Sixth Grade, Tennis Courts

My mum's advice is never to whine to my friends, so they never see the other side of me. I save all my problems for my mother.

Topics: Mother, Advice, Sides

I love cleaning the house. I'd never have a cleaner - I wouldn't trust them to do it.

Topics: Trust, House, Cleaning, Clean House, Cleaners

When I was younger, I was really anti-Hollywood. Now I'm more accepting of it because I'm less of a snob.

Topics: Hollywood, Accepting, Snob

When I get a fringe, it's because I'm bored or need a change; I always regret it!

Topics: Regret, Bored, Needs

There'll always be that prep in me that I can't seem to get rid of.

Topics: Preps

The umlaut isn't on my birth certificate. I had this book as a child called Chloe and Maude, and there was an umlaut on the e, and I said, I want that! It's a little flair. Just to confuse people even more.

Topics: Children, Book, People, Flair, Birth Certificate

The media loves negative spin.

source: - "Chloe Sevigny on Pauly D, Parodies, and More". Interview with Sam Bellikoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2011.

Topics: Media, Negative

The anxiety does crawl up. The other night I was having panic attacks: 'Oh, my God, what's going to happen to me? Am I ever going to have another job?

Topics: Jobs, Night, Anxiety

People always come up to me and say, Oh, you're Chloe Se-VIG-ny, right? Sevigny. Number seven, letter e.

Topics: Numbers, People, Chloe

I permed my hair 12 years ago, because I always wanted a perm, but my mother would never let me have one! I got a lot of stick, but I didn't care - I loved the curls. The growing out was the difficult part!

Topics: Mother, Hair, Years, Perms

I hate going to fashion shows. I find them boring.

Topics: Fashion, Hate, Boring

My room was a real way of expressing myself. It was like a little nest that I could settle into.

Topics: Real, Rooms, Nests

I'm single, so I'm trying to do an overall overhaul. The look I'm going for is very '80s supermodel. It's time to be sexy.

Topics: Sexy, Trying, Looks, Supermodel

If I could edit Google Images, then I wouldn't be as scared of the Internet.

Topics: Google, Scared, Internet

Sadly, I haven't been doing a lot of kissing lately.

Topics: Kissing

I'm kind of intimidated by the big screen - I often keep my performances much smaller and much more natural and subtle.

Topics: Kind, Natural, Subtle, Big Screen

From when I was a really small girl on, I would pick every fabric, every color on the walls, and I was always redecorating. Like once every couple of months I would redecorate my room. I had a full wall that was all collage - the entire wall - when I was in junior high. And then it would kind of morph with me as I was growing.

Topics: Girl, Wall, Couple, Junior High, Small Girl

I bought a pair of Birkenstocks today - let's be real. I wanted a chunky sandal that was functional. That should tell you where I am at as far as fashion.

Topics: Fashion, Real, Today, Birkenstocks

I had always wanted to be an actress. I went to summer theater camp from kindergarten on up until high school, and always had the leads in all the plays - even though they were at the YMCA - but it was something I always wanted to do.

Topics: Summer, School, Ymca

I had done some commercial work in junior high and stuff - my mother would bring me into the city, and we'd go on these crazy castings. Acting was something I always dreamed of doing... it was my passion when I was young.

Topics: Mother, Crazy, Passion

Most of the models have this thing I call slouchy sexy, not only in the way they dress, but in the way carry themselves. I don't think they would look hot in one of my dresses. They are more into A. Wang. Most of my clothes are nerdy sexy.

Topics: Sexy, Thinking, Clothes, Nerdy

I think it's just a lot more pressure to make the scenes work when you're doing a film, because when you're doing a series you feel like, I have so many scenes, so many episodes, so if I don't get it exactly right this time, I have another scene later. You feel less pressure.

Topics: Thinking, Pressure, Film

It was always a fantasy of mine growing up - my favorite program was always 'Little House on the Prairie' - so I always wanted to wear those looks. When I was a child, I wouldn't let my mom put me in anything but calico dresses and now... whaddaya know, every day I'm in a calico dress, basically, so it's kind of funny.

Topics: Funny, Mom, Children, Little House On The Prairie

Even having to do the amount of press that I have to do is dreadful and gives me so much anxiety. After having done this whole slew of press for 'Big Love,' now I'll have anxiety dreams for like a week and a half about all the stupid things I said.

Topics: Dream, Stupid, Giving, Stupid Things

I don't swim! That's like athletic.

Topics: Athletic, Swim

The first time I went to therapy, I had to stop going because they were making me hate my parents.

source: - "Chloë Sevigny: What I've Learned" by Ryan D'agostino, www.esquire.com. January 2009.

Topics: Hate, Parent, Firsts

I'd like to be more approachable, not less weird

I am a Scorpio, and playing the seductress appeals to me. There are a lot of women throughout film history, like Marlene Dietrich or Mae West - those are the women I was always attracted to. The bad girls.

source: - Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. March 24, 2010.

Topics: Girl, Scorpios, Film History, Bad Girl, Mae

People who treat waitresses or waiters rudely - or taxi drivers - I have very little tolerance for those people. They work really hard. They deserve courtesy and respect.

Topics: People, Tolerance, Courtesy

The realism frightens me more than the bubble gum-y, heightened stuff.

source: - Source: collider.com

Topics: Gum, Stuff, Realism, Bubble Gum

I would love to do a sweeping romantic period drama, like Jane Eyre. That would be my dream. It's always been my dream, as far as acting.

source: - Source: collider.com

Topics: Dream, Drama, Acting

A lot of my girlfriends like baggy oversized stuff and put on menswear already. And I also wanted something that my boyfriends - my gay and straight buddies - could wear. I wanted something for everyone.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Girlfriend, Gay, My Boyfriend

I was more feminine. I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-'90s club scene.

source: - Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Topics: Scene, Feminine, Moved