Kirsten Dunst Quotes

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life.

If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. 'Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?'

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.

Like, a lot of people I know are wanting to get back to the Earth in some way and not raise their kids in this world of Apps and Internet all the time. I grew up on a river in New Jersey and I was in fantasy land. I could do anything.

I think the best thing about my job is that I have my life documented, which not many people get to have. They have a photo here and there and maybe some video footage from a birthday. My kids will be able to see me growing up.

I feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn't want to see that.

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

It'd be nice to feel that claustrophobic feeling or the anxiety that the film Melancholia produces, but for me I look at it and think about what I was doing that day, where we shot it... It's kind of like a weird memory. It's more a photo album of memories than being able to feel connected to myself. It's not easy to do.

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

I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're not, you're not.

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

I love what I do and I dont want to stop - This is all Ive ever wanted.

If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it.

It's interesting to watch people go through it in something like this. I mean, what other then Melancholia films do they portray depression in?

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?

Charlotte Rampling is someone I've wanted to work with for a very long time. I've always looked up to her as an actress and it's a reason why I feel brave to do a film like Melancholia. So, to me she's the ultimate.

The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art.

On every film I do, whenever there are other girls my age, I think it's definitely up to me to set the pace. That's because I've had a lot of experience and I think there's always a certain amount of professionalism that should be maintained. If I was catty or whatever, it would just make the whole shoot unpleasant. And what's the point of that?

Obviously I’m a feminist. It’s ridiculous that anyone would think other of me.

I didn't go to Cirque Lodge for alcohol abuse or drug abuse.

A lot of people my age who are working right now have never acted; they get a show and suddenly they're making millions. It's always those people who get it fast who have the most trouble staying grounded and being themselves.

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.

The real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself.

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

I think every woman goes through a relationship where she is with a guy that is really not right for her. You get lost in it.

My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I'm very young.

I like people more undone than made up. Patricia Arquette is the ultimate. She's not anorexic or perfectly tan, she's not trying to be anything but what she is, and that's the most sexy thing.

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.

I'm not someone who is scared of doing things out of the box.

It's hard to get lost in a scene, to get into a character when everyone's standing around you on the set.

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.

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

Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence.

I live in New York now and most of magazines have turned more towards reality stars. So, really I think that's great because it's turned towards people who want it rather than... So, I think it's actually kind of imploding in on itself a little bit.

You can never get enough of 'Jeopardy.'

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.

As an actress, there's a lot of waiting. You wait for a script to come in that you want to do. You get to a point where you decide that if you want good things to be made, you're going to have to start making them yourself as an actress. You can't just wait around for it. But you can also just enjoy the breaks, and use them to kind of refuel. I've been working so long at this point that I don't mind the breaks. I think they make me better, actually.

When you're little, you're open to things. It's not like you get into this rehearsed zone when you're a child. At first you play different sides of yourself. And I think it will be really exciting one day to have a character to go into that's not anything like me whatsoever.

I was a big Guns N' Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I'd dress up as Axl and she'd be Slash, and we'd rock out in front of the mirror singing 'Patience.'

I've been lucky to find people who want to work with me, whom I respect and like, but the truth is there aren't that many good projects out there. And we make way, way too many movies. So it's not always going to happen with every project. But I try and wait it out.

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.

I think that most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.

I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl' either.

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.

I mean look at Antichrist. He's not making films to be liked by everyone, so why is this so surprising coming from Lars von Trier?

You don't really know who you're going to fall in love with at what time in their life. They can be the worst off they've ever been in their life, but you can't help who you fall in love with. That's part of the excitement of life - new people, new experiences.

I hate red carpet photographs!