"I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere."

"I just broke up with my boyfriend, so I'm officially single. But one thing I find unbelievably annoying is all these guys in my life who want to save me."

"For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'"

"I think it's always funny when somebody thinks you're going to do something super sexy and then you don't."

"I'm a bit of a Luddite and I hate the internet."

"Another night, I dreamed I saw my father sweeping out the barn floor clean, and would not suffer the wheat to be brought in the barn. He appeared to me to be in anger."

"My passion and energy get mistaken for anger."

"I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle."