Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde is an American actress, model, producer, director, activist, and entrepreneur. She is well known for her role as Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the award winning television series Houseand her roles in Tron: Legacy, Cowboys & Aliens, Her, Drinking Buddies, and Rush. She starred in HBO's rock 'n' roll drama series Vinyl...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth10 March 1984
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.
Not everything has to be a couples' event.
From a very early age, I made my decisions based on careers that I admire. The one thing that all the actresses I love have in common is that they have diversity in their careers.
A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.
Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.
Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.
Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.
Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought.
When I first did theatre, I was always doing comedies; it was always my first love. But it wasn't what I was picked for at first, for films and TV.
Writers get to know me very well. It always serves me in the end because I feel I have a deeper understanding of the character and sometimes they really like my ideas and they use them.
Early on, I knew I had ideas, but I wasn't sure when it was appropriate to bring them to the table and I was so intimidated by these titans that I was working for.
I was much more into romance as a teenager and it's been a kind of new discovery for me to learn about sci-fi adventure. I think it's a really interesting genre and it's all about imagination. It's boundless what you can do in these stories.
It's great to know you've earned your place and to know that you are right for the role because my biggest fear is being offered something and showing up on set and doing one day and everyone going, "Oh geez, oh no, this isn't, she isn't.." and feeling that way myself.
When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish.