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Ariana Greenblatt has swiftly risen to prominence as one of Hollywood’s most dynamic and sought-after young talents, captivating audiences with her versatility, charisma, and emotional depth.
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[on filming Breaking Bad (2008) in Albuquerque] I actually hated it during the pilot. I loved working, obviously. But I would just go to work and then go back to the hotel and I couldn’t find much to do. But when we started shooting the series I fell in love with the city. I’m from Boise, Idaho and it reminds me of a bigger version of that place. It’s just nice to get away from the hustle of Los Angeles and the skies are endless out there. It’s like a beautiful painting every day.
There’ve been some big studio films that have come my way that I just didn’t think were the right direction for me to go in. I really believe that if you want some sort of longevity in this business, it’s all about picking the right roles. Finally, this is the first time in my career I’m able to work [based on] the roles, and not to survive, so I’m just trying to be picky. I just want the right project. I’d rather not work than work on something that I’m not so unbelievably excited about. Maybe that’s the wrong choice, but I don’t really care, to be honest. I just want to do something, even if it’s just a small little indie, that really makes me excited, that’s very story-driven, character-driven and doesn’t need those big explosions or car chases. (2010 – On his career)
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Don’t depend on a guy for your happiness. You have to live your own life and do your own thing. That’s when good things come around – when you do your own thing and you’re not worried about a man. It will happen in due time.
I feel like you have to tell people who you are, but you don’t have to be disrespectful about it. But you also don’t have to be a shrinking violet.
I don’t wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me.
Follow your heart’s truth with no need for personal gain other than the feeling produced when doing what you truly love.
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I feel like I’m good with girls. I understand them and am good at loving them. I’ve always felt like that’s been natural for me.
I feel like I’m good with girls. I understand them and am good at loving them. I’ve always felt like that’s been natural for me.
I didn’t have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I’m super shy, so it was hard to make friends.
Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It’s about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.
The thing I like a lot about acting is I’ll never learn enough. I’ll never know it inside and out.
The perfect date is the one where anything and everything goes wrong, but at the end of it, all you want is to see them again.
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[on his biggest quirks] I talk to myself, especially in the car. I do it to work through ideas, or if I’m pissed off. I use the interior of the car like it’s a [therapist’s office].
[on pre-acting jobs] I worked in a restaurant and in a bakery, and I once worked for my landlord as a construction guy who would repair things in the house. But I was not very good because I do not know a hammer from a screwdriver, so that did not last long.
[2006] I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally. But it all struck home when I was at college, Berkeley in San Francisco. I was still very shy and I decided to go to the theater to audition and I started doing plays and loved it. So it’s all gone on from there. I studied English and actually went to England for a year, to Leeds in the north of the country to study. It was a year abroad and that was wonderful. I had the time of my life. Everybody always talks about a dying passion for acting, but it never really happened for me that way, it happened so organically. Right now I cannot see myself doing anything else because it is so fascinating and a lot of it is really about human psychology. But I do have other interests like writing and playing music.
[on watching his own films] I am critical of myself like everyone else. You go to a movie theater and you are forty feet high. I had bad skin as a teenager and I am a shy person, but I think I am in the perfect business to fight my insecurities. You have to learn to love yourself and say “I am pretty cool” instead of being so critical. You can easily fall into the trap of doing that.
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I grew up with funny and interesting women, and my friends are funny, interesting women. So I can’t think of any story where those women don’t come into play. It’s the same as how I can’t imagine writing a story with no men. It’s just not real.
There’s an epidemic in our country of girls and women feeling bad about themselves based on what 0.5% of the human race looks like.
You push so far past the normal boundaries of what’s okay in society. I’m always fully aware of “You can’t do this.” When someone really believes in what they’re saying, but it’s crazy, it’s like my favorite thing on earth… Crazy’s just crazy and there’s nowhere to go. You can have a point of view, it can be very strange, but we have to know your reasoning.
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It was like second nature in a way, because I was familiar with the sets and stuff and it wasn’t like a strange world. It was like all things in life: You try it and if it makes you happy, it sticks. (On starting professional acting.)
I feel pretty strongly about it, morally. It’s not necessary to be exploited in that kind of way. I can’t say that I’ll never do it, but I don’t see a reason now, especially when you’re still trying to establish yourself. It’s just more important to be known for your acting and that you’re not willing to strip down for a scene. (On her refusal to film nude scenes.)
I hate it when people are like, ‘How do you stay thin?’ or ‘Do you work out? What’s your routine? What’s your diet?’ Then it’s like, ‘If I tell you I don’t, then are you going to give me a hard time?’
[favorite sexual position] I’ve learned that if you want to have an orgasm during sex, you have to be on top.
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With acting, I think half of it is just acting confident. We stand on these red carpets and pose in these dresses, but we’re all only so confident. It doesn’t mean we think we’re great looking or anything. It’s all a façade.
[on being cast as Carol Ferris in Green Lantern (2011)]: It was nice for me that this was a studio that wasn’t looking for some girl to have her legs greased up and her boobs out – and that was all that mattered. I imagined that no one else knew anything about Green Lantern. As soon as I got the role I was humbled about how naive I was. They were grilling me about StarSapphire and Hector Hammond and how many Green Lanterns are going to show up. All I could say was “What are you guys talking about?”.
I probably feel the most alive when I’m with my family and also when I’m cooking, and those normally coincide with each other. I love to cook for my family, that’s the best. I have all my nieces and nephews there, and you really use your hands and it’s such an experience for all the senses; for the touch, for the smell, for the sight, so you feel really alive.
I like to play someone who is unlike me and the character I play most often [Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl (2007)]. Time and again, I keep playing drug addicts with sexual issues! I never knew I had a dark side, but this is where I get it out of my system.
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Chloe Pirrie (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish actress. She has played main roles in the 2014 miniseries The Game, the 2012 film Shell, and the 2015 television film An Inspector Calls. She has also appeared in the 2016 miniseries War & Peace, the 2015 film Youth, the 2015 film Blood Cells and a 2013 episode of Black Mirror. In 2015 she also co-starred in the Academy Award winner for Best Live Action Short Film, Stutterer.
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I was fascinated by the male lion, the way he moved, the confidence. When he just sat down and looked straight at the cameraman, he did absolutely nothing, but for a second you didn’t know whether he was going to yawn and fall asleep or pounce. I thought it would be interesting to try to find that. You don’t show your teeth, you don’t say anything, you don’t show it. It’s the not knowing that’s interesting. Anything could happen. -on studying film of wild lions that helped inspire his performance as Eric Northman.
When I step into a project, I need to feel that there’s a challenge, something new, something fresh about it. That being said, I’m kind of attracted to characters with a darkness or a sadness that they carry with them.
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