188 Quotes by Ellen Page

I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission. I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered. And I’m standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of all that pain.

I think the Smart Car is awesome. The only problem is I’ve been on the freeway and felt like I was going to be blown away like a Tim Hortons coffee cup, so I may have to upgrade to a Mini Cooper – something a little stronger.

I don’t know why people are so reluctant to say they’re feminists. Could it be any more obvious that we still live in a patriarchal world when feminism is a bad word?

Sometimes something will be happening in pop culture and a movie will be right there, so you’ll have this perception that maybe the movie got there first. But in reality, culture gets there first.

I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it’s just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it’s stunts.

As a girl, you’re supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin?

Movies don’t necessarily change culture. I don’t know if we know for sure if movies change culture but we know for sure that they reflect culture.

I was maybe 10 or 11 when I saw ‘Titanic.’ And, yes, I was a fan. I loved it.

When we’re growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.