Olivia d'Abo quote: "You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level."

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IGOR DABO

He's such a freak athlete. It's exciting. He's a nightmare to match up with because he's quick and h...
DABO SWINNEY

I don't have any address. I don't have any idea down there.
DABO POBOT

We are the first African people to come here, and people don't know us. It is very difficult first t...
DABO POBOT

Five person in each room, two beds.
DABO POBOT

There are so many young women in film school right now, and it's just about foreign sales compan...
OLIVIA WILDE

I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for love...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just ...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character.
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

I've been lucky enough to kiss three James Bonds on screen: Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby and D...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up y...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voic...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

My parents taught me everything and set me up for life. I owe to them all the things I'm passion...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

My parents have always been cool. They even became surrogates to friends of mine who didn't have...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects tha...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

When the Hollywood thing happened, I thought at some point I'd get to the front of the queue: &#...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

There's this absurd situation on a movie set where your trailer's here and the set is here a...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every are...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

How lucky am I?
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

The way I miss my daughter Esme is to worry about her. It is not a pleasurable longing. It contorts ...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted.
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

My skin may have wrinkles but it's because I'm smiling so much. That might sound like some t...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

Family holidays and weekends are really brightly colored memories, full of my mother and father, rat...
OLIVIA WILLIAMS

Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes, and I only did it because they said a girl coul...
OLIVIA WILDE

I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette.
OLIVIA WILDE

But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great fee...
OLIVIA WILDE

Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought.
OLIVIA WILDE

It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of th...
OLIVIA WILDE

At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.
OLIVIA WILDE

I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to ...
OLIVIA WILDE

I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared ...
OLIVIA WILDE

If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
OLIVIA WILDE

In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together...
OLIVIA WILDE

I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the she...
OLIVIA WILDE

I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 ...
OLIVIA WILDE

I used to experiment all the time with my hair color.
OLIVIA WILDE

I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can'...
OLIVIA WILDE

If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter.
OLIVIA WILDE

I tend to go with a daytime look, pretty natural, but I always fill in my eyebrows - I hate if I lea...
OLIVIA WILDE

When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to c...
OLIVIA WILDE

I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.
OLIVIA WILDE

The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had tha...
OLIVIA WILDE

Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.
OLIVIA WILDE

The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voicele...
OLIVIA WILDE

When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, ...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

My hair had been dyed blonde for 'Dredd.' After 'Dredd,' I was really fried because ...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt te...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical t...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watchin...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportun...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy.
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I'm such a homebody. I don't party. I don't drink. That may be because I got it out all ...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape.' I am not natural...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make w...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere a...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

But I would say maybe just from an actress's perspective, probably 'Woman Under the Influenc...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

'The Movie' is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's ...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

There's so much with my character in 'Dredd' that I identify with. She's my favorite...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I do, I kick major butt in 'Dredd.' I get to kill people. I break a guy's neck by roundh...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collec...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on t...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather b...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definit...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's of...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

I used to say that my own father was dead, because he might as well have been. He was in Argentina a...
OLIVIA HUSSEY

I would love to spend more time in Britain one day. In my heart, I still feel that I'm English, ...
OLIVIA HUSSEY

I'm one of those actresses that really enjoys staying home with my children. To be told you'...
OLIVIA HUSSEY

I am such a diehard romantic. I guess a part of me thinks I am Juliet.
OLIVIA HUSSEY

Performers are the neediest people in the world. Unless you've been in that goldfish bowl - nobo...
OLIVIA HUSSEY

I had played the Virgin Mary in 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I had done 'Juliet' at the ...
OLIVIA HUSSEY

It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose ...
OLIVIA HUSSEY

In a perfect world, I only act when I really want to. I don't do most of the stuff that is out t...
OLIVIA HUSSEY

I'm all about scary movies! The 'Halloweentown' ones are my absolute favorites.
OLIVIA HOLT

My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that a...
OLIVIA HOLT

I feel like something I've wanted to do for a really long time, in a feature film or anything, i...
OLIVIA HOLT

I would definitely trade clothes with Lucy Hale. Her fashion sense is right on point, and I feel lik...
OLIVIA HOLT

What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other...
OLIVIA HOLT

Working with Disney is really and truly like working with a family. Everyone is so supportive and so...
OLIVIA HOLT

I would love to learn how to dance. I can pick up choreography pretty well. But when you're danc...
OLIVIA HOLT

The 'Kickin' It' set is so much fun, I find myself in a new adventure every week. I work...
OLIVIA HOLT

I would love to work with Reese Witherspoon.
OLIVIA HOLT

I watched the Disney Channel all the time growing up. 'Lizzie McGuire' was my all-time favor...
OLIVIA HOLT

I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was...
OLIVIA HOLT

I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different em...
OLIVIA HOLT

Ever since I was really little, I loved performing and being up on stage, and being the entertainmen...
OLIVIA HOLT

My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
OLIVIA HOLT

I think people would be most surprised to know that I love scary movies.
OLIVIA HOLT

I'm a huge 'Call of Duty' fan, 'Minecraft' and all those kinds of video games. I...
OLIVIA HOLT

I have an obsession with Milk Duds. Eating them tastes like heaven.
OLIVIA HOLT

I think that it's really incredible, growing up and being able to have all these people who real...
OLIVIA HOLT

One year, I was a go-go girl for Halloween, and I got all this glitter eye shadow, my hair was poufy...
OLIVIA HOLT

I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for...
OLIVIA HOLT

Music has always been a huge passion in my life. I've just had such success with my acting that ...
OLIVIA D'ABO

I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an art...
OLIVIA D'ABO

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.
OLIVIA D'ABO

Doing Broadway was always a dream of mine since I was a little girl.
OLIVIA D'ABO

I like roles of people who can overcome things because there's strength in that and an arc - and...
OLIVIA D'ABO

I've always wanted to play 'Lady Macbeth' and Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'.
OLIVIA D'ABO

With thrillers, there's such a fine line between what's good and what's cheesy and corny...
OLIVIA D'ABO

I wash my face day and night. I actually really love Dr. Lancer face wash, and I also love Neutrogen...
OLIVIA CULPO

I tried putting teabags under my eyes because they say that the green tea - the caffeine - will help...
OLIVIA CULPO

This is a free country, and to each their own.
OLIVIA CULPO

I'm still really interested in acting, I love film so much. It's definitely something I'...
OLIVIA CULPO

Every day is a blessing.
OLIVIA CULPO

Pineapple reduces swelling.
OLIVIA CULPO

I'm a real girly-girl.
OLIVIA CULPO

I love Evian face spray because it's a really easy way to just freshen up your face, especially ...
OLIVIA CULPO

I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.
OLIVIA CULPO

I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.
OLIVIA CULPO

Well I love preppy style; I like J. Crew for guys.
OLIVIA CULPO

Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
OLIVIA CULPO

I was studying communications and acting, and I decided over the summer that I wanted to work on my ...
OLIVIA CULPO

There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
OLIVIA CULPO

The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole ...
OLIVIA CULPO

I learned the importance of being confident. I think that at the end of the day, it's not so muc...
OLIVIA CULPO

You're filmed that one very special day of the pageant, and you want to make sure you're as ...
OLIVIA CULPO

It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to...
OLIVIA CULPO

I have to have coffee in the morning.
OLIVIA CULPO

I love unsalted almonds, especially if I'm about to do a photo shoot or compete. There's no ...
OLIVIA CULPO

The whole process of winning the pageant has been so amazing, I'm really excited to move forward...
OLIVIA CULPO

I think the pageant system is about empowering women. I think that aspect of it is great, but when y...
OLIVIA CULPO

If you're comfortable with yourself, then you'll look beautiful. If you're not feeling c...
OLIVIA CULPO

The pageant movie I'm obsessed with is 'Miss Congeniality', hands down! I could quote ev...
OLIVIA CULPO

I think that, if anything, the pageant is great for people who suffer from body issues. It's all...
OLIVIA CULPO

Heartbreak is hard, but you find more and more things to be grateful for every day.
OLIVIA CULPO

If I love the character, then that's all that matters to me. It doesn't really matter what g...
OLIVIA COOKE

'The Quiet Ones' was my first film, let alone my first horror film, and I had so much fun. I...
OLIVIA COOKE

When I was filming 'Ouija,' there were some elements in that that really creeped me out.
OLIVIA COOKE

My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in...
OLIVIA COOKE

My dad's an ex-policeman, and my mum is a sales representative, and they haven't got the act...
OLIVIA COOKE

I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater...
OLIVIA COOKE

In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.
OLIVIA COOKE

I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about ...
OLIVIA COOKE

When you've got children, it's easy to do that thing of keeping a tally of who woke up earli...
OLIVIA COLMAN

I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never b...
OLIVIA COLMAN

I can see why people keep having babies. We were looking at a school for my youngest this morning, a...
OLIVIA COLMAN

I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The o...
OLIVIA COLMAN

In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a ...
OLIVIA COLMAN

I love my job and I know I am very lucky but still, if you audition and you don't get it, it sti...
OLIVIA COLMAN

You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because ...
OLIVIA COLMAN

I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as tha...
OLIVIA COLMAN

I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindne...
OLIVIA COLMAN

Actually, lots of women, when they're pregnant, feel like steel. They feel incredible.
OLIVIA COLMAN

If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smo...
OLIVIA COLMAN

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

I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really import...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

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

I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open yo...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

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

I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the ro...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

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

'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a fi...
OLIVIA THIRLBY

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

You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.

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