Best quotes by Kirsten Dunst

I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy.

I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.

I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

I liked the girly cartoons. I was very much a girly-girl.

I just want to be a good friend to people, that's all.

I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you're excited for the day? That's one of my main goals in life.

If I saw 'Virgin Suicides' or 'Eternal Sunshine,' I'm so proud to be in those movies. They are such great movies. I felt so free on those sets.

I wanted to get an angel wings tatooed on my back, as a guardian thing.

My mom raise me so wonderfully. She gave me self esteem and made me appreciate my flaws, as well as my strengths.

I think vegetarians - for a lot of them - it's about a lack of commitment to life and relationships. There are some who just like the fact that they're controlling something in their life.

I am sure I would love to do it now, but back then, I was, like, 11 and it was 'ugh.' There's nothing sexual or sexy when you're that age. So I was kissing Brad Pitt. So what? He had chapped lips. He was lovely and kind and sweet to me, but it was just yuk.

When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.

It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes.

I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.

I feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn't want to see that.

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art.

It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.

People always tell me, Don’t work so much, but I can’t help it. I feel like all the things I’ve done are important to get to this adult stage now and now I’m getting all these adult offers, so it’s working.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

Madonna is my role model shes such a powerful woman. I love Gwenyth Paltrow, shes an actress I aspire to be like. And, of course, my mom. She drove me from New Jersey to New York every day for commercials so I could get where I am today.

I think you see in people's eyes what they've been through. Anything in their lives shows up in their eyes.

What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.

And sometimes, you need your knight in shining armour.

I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're not, you're not.

I didn't go to Cirque Lodge for alcohol abuse or drug abuse.

My favourite food at the moment is Pasta, “with tons of shaved Parmesan on the side. Not crumbly but like the hunks, you know what I meanwhen you get the thin slices.

I think that everybody in life probably goes through obstacles at different times in life. I wouldn't really call them obstacles, I think that's just called growing up, and I think it's hard to be in the industry at such a young age

I'm the kind of person who buys a new thing, wears it so much and then is totally sick of it.

I think every woman goes through a relationship where she is with a guy that is really not right for her. You get lost in it.

I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with.

I think it's best to date someone who doesn't do what you do.

So many teen films are overproduced and people are going to burnout on the subject.

You lose like five pounds immediately, and your face is glowing and gorgeous!

Obviously I’m a feminist. It’s ridiculous that anyone would think other of me.

A lot of people my age, they grew up with me onscreen. I think that's helped keep a certain amount of longevity. When you grow up with a person, you feel like you know them.

I'm a good assistant. That's why I don't have an assistant, because I'm so on it that no one can be as on it as me. I know that.

After “Melancholia” and “On the Road,” I wanted to do a comedy. And I did so many comedies when I was younger, but if you’re not consistently in those movies, people don’t always think of you for them.

I'm never going to say anything about who I'm dating unless I'm married or engaged.

I've been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to 'Stand' in the mirror.

In movies, I hope women aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore are paving the way for girls my age. Hopefully I can pave the way for young actresses, too.

I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy. People comment, but the only person who ever told me to fix them was my mom ... I just went my own way, like daughters do.

You can never get enough of 'Jeopardy.'

I'm not someone who feels like I have to do it the same way. I never feel restricted. It all should grow out of different moments and if it goes completely different that's how it should go.

I like people more undone than made up. Patricia Arquette is the ultimate. She's not anorexic or perfectly tan, she's not trying to be anything but what she is, and that's the most sexy thing.

I get along really well with Lars [von Trier] but definitely during our first meetings I was feeling him out and he definitely says some things that are inappropriate and then you kind of get his sense of humour. I really enjoy him. He's one of my favourite people I've met now. So, he's pretty great.

A lot of people my age who are working right now have never acted; they get a show and suddenly they're making millions. It's always those people who get it fast who have the most trouble staying grounded and being themselves.

I think that certain directors are better at choosing actors that match well with each other. And I have feelings about actors and who I think I'd work well with better moreso than others.

The performances that I love are ones like Gena Rowlands in 'A Woman Under the Influence,' where women are allowed to be messy and imperfect. It's that kind of woman that has always inspired me to seek roles that are a little out of the box. I just haven't always had the opportunity to do them.

I've never had a teenage rebellion, I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way.

When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You're not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin.

I started when I was three years old, doing commercials and Modeling in New York, I liked it so much that I kept doing it.

You know how people say awards don't mean anything? Hello! I think the energy around them makes everyone cuckoo.

I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways.

I've always used my own personal emotions and things that I've gone through in my life to build a character. The work that I do before a film feels almost like therapy, between me and whoever I'm playing.

When I'm an old lady, I'm going to have my pick of the young men. They'll be like, 'She's Miss Mary Jane!' The young boys will think I'm a hot old lady.

It'd be nice to feel that claustrophobic feeling or the anxiety that the film Melancholia produces, but for me I look at it and think about what I was doing that day, where we shot it... It's kind of like a weird memory. It's more a photo album of memories than being able to feel connected to myself. It's not easy to do.

I know kids are supposed to go through these awkward stages, but I just never even thought about that. I was too busy worrying about getting my education while I was working.

I love what I do and I dont want to stop - This is all Ive ever wanted.

I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life.

For me, my favourite actresses are like Charlotte Rampling or Gena Rowlands... people who have always stepped outside of the restraints of a certain type of woman or story. I always like those movies the best.

Every movie I do, I always use things that have happened in my life. Funny moments, anything. If it just sticks out I'll write it down and use that, too, because it has to come out of you. But no one can work when they're depressed. I don't think I'd physically be able to do it if I were depressed.

I think that most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

I don't gossip about myself.

I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.

I attract a different kind of boy when my hair's red. I get more quality men - like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.

It's hard to get lost in a scene, to get into a character when everyone's standing around you on the set.

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it.

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

You don't really know who you're going to fall in love with at what time in their life. They can be the worst off they've ever been in their life, but you can't help who you fall in love with. That's part of the excitement of life - new people, new experiences.

A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather than how to say something.

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you.

I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing.