"When we were filming 'The Darkest Hour,' we didn't even know what the aliens were going to look like, we didn't even have a graphic reference. So it was definitely a big challenge to sell those kind of extreme moments when you're just generating them from your own imagination.“

-Olivia Thirlby

posted in imagination

Olivia Thirlby quote about imagination: "When we were filming 'The Darkest Hour,' we didn't even know what the aliens were going to look like..."

Other Quotes

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited."

-Olivia Thirlby

trustView Quote

"I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength."

-Olivia Thirlby

strengthView Quote

"There's so much with my character in 'Dredd' that I identify with. She's my favorite character I think I've ever played. She's the most dynamic and fascinating woman that I could even imagine playing, so I love her. What I love about her is that her sensitivity is her greatest strength."

-Olivia Thirlby

strengthView Quote

"My hobbies include maintaining my physical and mental health. It's a full-time job. Yoga definitely helps for both of them. I'm a big fan of relaxing and not having a schedule. That's my best way to keep from going crazy."

-Olivia Thirlby

healthView Quote

"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."

-Olivia Thirlby

equalityView Quote

"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."

-Olivia Thirlby

Same Category

More quotes in this category

"Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it."

-Terry Wogan

imaginationView Quote

"Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind it is a way of engaging reality."

-Irving Howe

imaginationView Quote

"Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them."

-Laurette Taylor

imaginationView Quote

"With the brush we merely tint, while the imagination alone produces colour."

-Theodore Gericault

imaginationView Quote

"Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination."

-Lionel Stander

imaginationView Quote

"One lifetime is never enough to accomplish one's horticultural goals. If a garden is a site for the imagination, how can we be very far from the beginning?"

-Francis Cabot Lowell

imaginationView Quote