Olivia Wilde

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

In a relationship I'm a very loving person, emotional and sensitive.

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

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.

Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir.

In my work in Haiti, I've seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations.

In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.

I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic.

I do not tweeze my eyebrows. I've been letting them grow out for years. I try to fill them in wherever nature has abandoned me.

If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.

I'm still a student of fashion, but I like hooking up with the people that really know how to make cool clothes.

It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'

When I kiss a girl for a part, people think it's sexy. But if two guys kiss, suddenly there's a backlash. It's a double standard.

As you get older, you start to really ask questions like, 'Is this the road I should be walking down?,' because every decision seems more final, as you get older.

A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend.

I am a big music nerd.

Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it.

I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?

You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.

Not everything has to be a couples' event.

If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.

It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.

When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to contour is really helpful. I think you can be a bit more bold with eye makeup to define your eyes, and the same with lip colors - you can go for dark wine colors, which I love.

I tend to go with a daytime look, pretty natural, but I always fill in my eyebrows - I hate if I leave the gym and my eyebrows aren't done; I'm just very uncomfortable with myself.

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

Power tends to get confused with repression.

You really just have to love the process. I can't tell you the amount of film sets I've been on where people are talking about Oscars in the middle of the production. It happens all the time.

I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.

When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.

There are so many young women in film school right now, and it's just about foreign sales companies, domestic sales companies agreeing to finance films directed by and starring women.

This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.

I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.

Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in.

I read so many things because a colleague or a friend will post something, and I'll be able to learn a tremendous amount only because they drew attention to it. So I try to do that for others, and that's the great thing about social media. It's not always a narcissistic cesspool or waste of time.

The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.

It's not actually OK to just be apathetic about anything.

I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.

It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.

My parents were journalists and friends with writers, artists, and just a really interesting assortment of people, so I was exposed to all lifestyles from a young age.

I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.

At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.

I got a divorce, and I felt like I finally started my career. I started making movies and projects that I just really believed in.

I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.

Fear of carbs, of gluten, of everything - we've distanced ourselves from the beauty of food, the art of it. It makes me sad when people say, 'Oh, I don't eat gluten. I don't eat cheese. I don't eat this. So I eat cardboard.'

I've thought for a long time that my body type would have worked well in the '70s. The idea that you could be a broad-shouldered, small-breasted woman and still wear really great outfits.

I've always been a fan of science fiction.

Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.

I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity.

I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.