188 Quotes by Ellen Page

I wish transphobia, biphobia, homophobia didn’t exist, and I wish that’s what the show could just be, but sadly that’s not the situation around the world.

I’d ice-skated before, because I’m Canadian and that’s what you do as a kid, but I’d never, ever been on quad skates.

I didn’t really play dress up when I was a kid, and I’m really T-shirt and jeans-y.

I’m a tomboy from Nova Scotia.

I think, because I’ve been working for a while, I’ve been working since I was ten, I had the fortune of reading a lot, a lot of scripts.

I find a lot of people say, “Oh organic and local’s expensive and I just don’t have time.” And I’m like, well how much TV do you watch? Where are your priorities right now? I always take the time to eat well and eat locally because it’s common sense.

I have trouble sometimes watching actors – even when they do a great job – with an accent.

We are just trying to do the best possible job we can. We’re not perfect. All you can do is trust the positive intention behind it, and we’re always going to work to, hopefully, get better and better.

There’s obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.