I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voice I was always too... genue. My career has completely happened since I was 29. — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
When the Hollywood thing happened, I thought at some point I'd get to the front of the queue: 'Yes, hello, I'd like to play that role.' But you don't. You just join a different queue. — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I am a pathetic and gushing Nick Hornby fan, and I wanted to be in High Fidelity, and I wanted to be in About… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
My very first friend was my stand-in, who's a very dear friend to this day, and she kind of saved my ass. She told… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
It was as big as a Beatles concert, I guess. Friends was unbelievably popular in Britain, and it was incredibly exciting. I had never… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I guess maybe I was hired to play in the Doll House because of my dinner scene in The Sixth Sense, which has been… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
There are movies where I've walked onto the set and felt, "This is home," and I'm confident in myself and my work, but that… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
I love the ups and downs and the eccentricities of my career. The worst movies have produced some of the best friendships. — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
For me, selfishly, The Postman didn't kill my career. It meant I didn't shoot straight and painfully into the limelight, but Rushmore came out… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're just taking temperature. I am anyway, all the time, and responding appropriately. I was again cast very last-minute for Rushmore… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
Ewan McGregor and I said this to each other after we saw The Ghost Writer. Every time Roman Polanski did a "No, no, no!,"… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one. — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
Ewan McGregor is a very genial and entertaining man, and Pierce Brosnan is possibly the nicest man in the world. Actually, it was quite… — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
The excruciating moments of drama are when people are allowed to show or say what they feel. — Olivia Williams Copy Share Image
