Ellen Page
Ellen Page
Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page, known professionally as Ellen Page, is a Canadian actress. She started her career in Canada with roles in television shows including Pit Pony, Trailer Park Boys, and ReGenesis. Page then ventured into mainstream films, winning attention after starring in the 2005 drama Hard Candy, a role that won her the Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress. Her breakthrough role was the title character in Jason Reitman's comedy film Juno, for which she received nominations for...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth21 February 1987
CityHalifax, Canada
CountryCanada
I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget.
I was maybe 10 or 11 when I saw 'Titanic.' And, yes, I was a fan. I loved it.
Scientists and religious leaders, activists and first nation leaders, CEOs of corporations and actors, all of us need to come together, because the planet is in a lot of pain. My job [acting] doesn't always feel like an integral part of the change that needs to occur. If I can offer, in my profession, to do things that are going to allow more people to connect with certain issues, then I hope it's useful.
That's one of my favorite songs of all time. It's so beautiful. It's an old song, sung by Nina Simone. This is the Cat Power cover. We pushed hard to get it and were lucky. It's so stunning.
Of course you have days that are long, you're tired, and things aren't working out, and you can get frustrated, but I would say any of the things that make it less glamorous or cause some complexity or turn you down the road you weren't expecting to go down is a part of the thrill.
I find a lot of people say, "Oh organic and local's expensive and I just don't have time." And I'm like, well how much TV do you watch? Where are your priorities right now? I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense.
It's weird because here I am, an actress, representing - at least in some sense - an industry that places crushing standards on all of us. Not just young people, but everyone. Standards of beauty. Of a good life. Of success. Standards that, I hate to admit, have affected me.
I recently rewatched Stand By Me and was like, "Wow, this is so powerful because these young men are so vulnerable and so emotional, and love each other." That's a rare quality for a film.
I call myself a feminist when people ask me if I am, and of course I am 'cause it's about equality, so I hope everyone is. You know you're working in a patriarchal society when the word "feminist" has a weird connotation.
Love is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being,
I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it's common sense.
One of those things where immediately when you started reading it, you knew it was something special and then the more you read, the more it surprised you, and the more you realized it was devoid of stereotype .
I think the most terrifying things I've seen have been created by human beings in reality.
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.