Kirsten Dunst Quotes

Kirsten Dunst gives honest, hopeful thoughts on career, acting and family that feel like a supportive chat.

58 quotes

1. It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes. So I just try to choose the scripts that have the best characters for myself, or would be the most challenging, or fun.

2. Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school. I was always leaving to make a movie then coming back in.

3. You need your family in this business. It's one of the most important things to keep you grounded. You come home and your mom's like, 'Clean the kitty's litter box.' It's not like it's all about me.

4. Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you.

5. But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.

6. Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it.

7. I am sure I would love to do it now, but back then, I was, like, 11 and it was 'ugh.' There's nothing sexual or sexy when you're that age. So I was kissing Brad Pitt. So what? He had chapped lips. He was lovely and kind and sweet to me, but it was just yuk.

8. I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked.

9. I love my kitties, they are like my babies - I talk to them on the phone. I am like, 'Hi Mom,' she's like, 'Hi'...I am like, 'Put me on with the cats,'' she laughs. 'I'm like, 'hi baby, how's my little girl?'

10. I love what I do and I don't want to stop - This is all I've ever wanted.

11. I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.

12. [To David Letterman] Nice tie, do you want fries with that?

13. I think life is about making a difference, kind of like Spider-man - who is a hero, but also makes a difference.

14. I started when I was three years old, doing commercials and Modeling in New York, I liked it so much that I kept doing it.

15. I think vegetarians - for a lot of them - it's about a lack of commitment to life and relationships. There are some who just like the fact that they're controlling something in their life.

16. I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it doesn't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing.

17. I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

18. I wanted to get an angel wings tatooed on my back, as a guardian thing.

19. I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave.

20. I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

21. I'm never going to say anything about who I'm dating, unless I'm married or engaged.

22. I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways. I'm complicated.

23. In movies, I hope women aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore are paving the way for girls my age. Hopefully I can pave the way for young actresses, too.

24. It was horrible, I hated it. Brad and Tom were like my big brothers on the set, so it was like kissing your big brother - totally gross.

25. Madonna is my role model she's such a powerful woman. I love Gwyneth Paltrow, she's an actress I aspire to be like. And, of course, my mom. She drove me from New Jersey to New York every day for commercials so I could get where I am today.

26. My favorite food at the moment is Pasta, with tons of shaved Parmesan on the side. Not crumbly but like the hunks, you know what I mean...when you get the thin slices.

27. My mom raised me so wonderfully. She gave me self esteem and made me appreciate my flaws, as well as my strengths.

28. People always tell me, 'Don't work so much', but I can't help it. I feel like all the things I've done are important to get to this adult stage and now I'm getting all these adult offers, so it's working.

29. So many teen films are overproduced and people are going to burnout on the subject.

30. Once I was in this park, and this guy like, you know, adressed me and said: 'Hi, aren't you Morgan Freeman?'

31. Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

32. You felt like an idiot sometimes... You just have to commit 110% and make it look as real as possible. The hardest job an actor can doi s all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

33. I love what I do and I don't want to stop. This is all I've ever wanted.

34. You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say the stupidest things about technique. I don't want to say something stupid.

35. What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.

36. I've always used my own personal emotions and things that I've gone through in my life to build a character. The work that I do before a film feels almost like therapy, between me and whoever I'm playing.

37. I don't find I'm manic at all. I'm very chill.

38. I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.

39. I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

40. I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

41. It's always nice when people appreciate your work because it means you've affected them, which is great. And so that feels good.

42. It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.

43. I don't really relate to myself as The Girl in the Magazine. Which is dangerous for me, too, sometimes, because I don't think all the time, 'Well, look to see if people are following me home.' Sometimes I'm a little bit more free than maybe I should be.

44. The performances that I love are ones like Gena Rowlands in 'A Woman Under the Influence,' where women are allowed to be messy and imperfect. It's that kind of woman that has always inspired me to seek roles that are a little out of the box. I just haven't always had the opportunity to do them.

45. I really just enjoy listening to talk [to John Hurt and Charlotte Rampling]... not even about acting or anything. It's interesting because I felt really connected to all these people very easily. They're all very open emotionally, like we're in the scene together, so you never feel like anyone's acting.

46. I get to do all these crazy things in the movies. I'm a pretty chilled out person, actually... a very mellow person.

47. When you spend your entire life as a child actress, being told where to go and where to stand, you're performing constantly for people. It definitely breeds the kind of person who's dependent on other people's approval.

48. I've never been a major smoker, but I think America's view on weed is ridiculous. I mean - are you kidding me? If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.

49. I'd never put any daughter of mine through acting because, while I loved acting and was happy working as a child, looking back, my happiness always came from pleasing other people. Acting was never a dream for me. It was the only thing I knew, it was just my life.

50. I've been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to 'Stand' in the mirror.

51. I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with.

52. I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino - he's my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander Payne - Pedro Almodovar wouldn't be too shabby. There are so many good directors, but those are some of my favorites.

53. I'm a person who likes to hang out. I would never go on a blind date. That sounds like the most uncomfortable thing on the planet earth. It's like, 'Hi. Nice to meet you. So, what kind of music do you like?' Date ended.

54. You lose like five pounds immediately, and your face is glowing and gorgeous!

55. You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you're excited for the day? That's one of my main goals in life.

56. I've never had a teenage rebellion; I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

57. I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy. People comment, but the only person who ever told me to fix them was my mom ... I just went my own way, like daughters do.

58. When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me.