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Olivia Thirlby Biography

Olivia Jo Thirlby (born October 6, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Leah in the comedy-drama film Juno (2007), as Natalie in The Darkest Hour (2011) and as Judge Cassandra Anderson in Dredd (2012). In June 2008, Thirlby was described by Vanity Fair as a member of "Hollywood's New Wave".

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Oh, I love making independent films, it's such a special, magical thing because you collaborate with a small group of people and everyone's pitching in. You'll see producers setting up the lunch table and the sound guy driving a van. We're all really there because we want to be.

Independent, Lunch, Magical, People, Setting, Sound

My hair had been dyed blonde for Dredd. After Dredd, I was really fried because of the blonde hair dye, and so I cut it into a bob with bangs and that's how it was during Being Flynn.

Bangs, Blonde, Cutting, Dyed, Hair

I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on.

Feelings, Goal, Goals, Might, Short, Work

Any filmmaking, any film is a collaborative process. There's always a lot of people working on things together.

Collaborative, Movie, People, Together

When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.

Action, Drama, Fun, Starting, Starting Out, Take

I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.

Cooking, Dad, Excellent, Make, Style

I've always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass.

Action, Blonde, Bodysuit, Dream

I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.

Hair, Hats, Having, Huge, Naked

The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.

Cities, Desire, New York, Older, York

I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape. ' I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I'm okay with that in my personal life. But it is kind of hard at times. I feel inadequate, I suppose?

Girl, Life, Shapes, Skinny, Suppose, Times

Sometimes in my life I feel like a bit of a sorceress who can't totally control all their power. I'm a Libra, so. . . Libra women are pretty magical.

Feels, Pretty, Sometimes, Sorceress, Totally

I think 3D can be an incredible thing on a movie and a terrible thing for a movie, depending on what kind of movie it is. And I've seen movies where I thought the 3D really enhanced the experience, and sometimes where I thought it just detracted from it.

Depending, Kind, Sometimes, Thinking, Thought

I don't believe that if I came out as bisexual the world will change. But it's really important for people to be truthful about who they are and fight for equality. We need to help the world usher itself into the next phase.

Believe, Bisexual, Fight, Fighting, Help

I'd always wanted to be an action heroine. That's a chick dream, getting to wear a leather bodysuit and be blonde and kick ass. But, what really attracted me to 'Dredd' was the script. It was fantastic! It was about people and characters, and not just about explosions and fighting.

Character, Characters, Dream, Fighting, Leather, People

I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager. ' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.

Cinema, Films, Generation, Space, Stars, Thinking

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

Comedy, Shakespeare, Tragedy, Trained

I did 'Nobody Walks' right after 'Dredd. ' Well, actually, I got off the plane from Capetown where we shot 'Dredd' and tested for 'Being Flynn' that same day. Then I came out to L. A. to make this film right after that so it was all very back to back.

Actually, Film, Planes, Same, Shots, Walks

The Movie is something that I made with some friends of mine in L. A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He shot this movie and asked a bunch of his friends to be involved with it. I just saw him the other day and there is no money to finish the film. But, you know, I literally have a cameo in it.

Day, Eberl, Film, Literally, Made, Saws

But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd. ' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.

Dredd, Giving, Loved, Stuff, Stunt, Team

I'm not an eye-candy kind of girl.

Eye, Girl, Kind

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