I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.


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I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for gi...
OLIVIA COLMAN
I've always wanted to play a Marvel baddie. I'm not sure I fit the mold, though. Like a powe...
OLIVIA COLMAN
As a child, I thought, 'Once I am a grown-up, there will be no more fear, no more worries,' ...
OLIVIA COLMAN
My daughter's still so tiny at the moment; she's just a sweet little meaty thing. But of cou...
OLIVIA COLMAN
I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my hu...
OLIVIA COLMAN
If something touches me, I cry. That's it. I'm a bit raw, a bit rubbish, really. Often, a di...
OLIVIA COLMAN
I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It'...
OLIVIA COLMAN
The first time I did a school play was the first time I felt I was good at anything at all. I just l...
OLIVIA COLMAN
Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old pe...
OLIVIA COLMAN
I was never one of those surly teenagers who doesn't smile. My lovely godfather said it was alwa...
OLIVIA COLMAN
I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around.
OLIVIA COLMAN
Proper love should be utterly supportive and comfortable, and it feels like a raincoat or a jacket p...
OLIVIA COLMAN
I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
OLIVIA COLMAN
When I have really blonde hair, I usually go for a more natural look, wearing way less makeup.
OLIVIA WILDE
I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should b...
OLIVIA WILDE
Have you ever truly, keenly felt like you don't know who you are? Do you ever do something and think...
OLIVIA SUDJIC
She was limp and pathetic and woozy and I loved her, I realised, even more because I knew how comple...
OLIVIA SUDJIC
So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in...
OLIVIA WILDE
If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascar...
OLIVIA WILDE
A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video...
OLIVIA MUNN
The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid wi...
OLIVIA MUNN
My father was king of the guidebooks and our holidays were always planned, taking us from a great ga...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS
When I was a little girl, I used to walk around with a towel on my head, pretending I was a nun. And...
OLIVIA HUSSEY
My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
OLIVIA WILLIAMS
I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity.
OLIVIA WILDE
My mum was a nurse, and her passion was geriatric care. I used to love listening to the old people&#...
OLIVIA COLMAN
It was the day he learned that smart, witty girls were brighter than sunlight.
OLIVIA FULLER
He put his fingertips against her forehead.

"You must be at least this tall to ride The B...
OLIVIA CUNNING
I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to l...
OLIVIA WILDE
Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the...
OLIVIA WILDE
I know I only want him,' she said between sobs, the syllables all wrong, 'because he doesn't want OLIVIA SUDJIC It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, '...
OLIVIA WILDE
Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through ...
OLIVIA WILDE
It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything.
OLIVIA WILDE
If you stand up for women, then don't bash me.
OLIVIA MUNN
A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not h...
OLIVIA WILDE
I've always believed in a higher power. You can call it God, you can call it Jesus, Krishna, Bud...
OLIVIA HUSSEY
You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and...
OLIVIA COLMAN
If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestl...
OLIVIA COLMAN
Though I did not know her exact address, that she appeared to live almost within breathing distance ...
OLIVIA SUDJIC
Have you ever tried to organise a threesome in real life?'

I shook my head. I'd only enco...
OLIVIA SUDJIC
I'm a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, a bit of Spanish and one-eighth American. I've often wondered ...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS
Tomorrow was my second chance to make things right but it never came. I’m sorry I never treasur...
OLIVIA CUNNING
I love eye makeup. I really like doing a cat eye, playing with liquid liners and different colors of...
OLIVIA WILDE
The captain of this sailing vessel has requested a private audience with you in his quarters. It see...
OLIVIA PARKER
There's a big difference between privacy and secrecy,
OLIVIA MELLAN
When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, an...
OLIVIA WILDE
For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron...
OLIVIA MUNN
Would you like to sit?" Kellen asked her.
"You'd better do it soon," Owen whispered close to he...
OLIVIA CUNNING
You’re Neptune, right?” she asked. “Lord of the sea who washed up on the beach during the stor...
OLIVIA CUNNING
As difficult as it is for a writer to find a publisher -admittedly a daunting task - it is twice as ...
OLIVIA GOLDSMITH
The secret to true happiness is a combination of low expectations and insensitivity
OLIVIA GOLDSMITH
Mick Jagger has been an idol of mine since I was 10 years old. Through his music, he has taught me s...
OLIVIA WILDE
Everyone's so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it's like we're all tr...
OLIVIA MUNN