Indian country is small, word gets around about how people conduct themselves when they come into your community. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
As a Montanan, a significant chunk of your life growing up is spent in a car, traveling. People say it's a small… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
We only know what we hear, we only know what we see. When all that people see are these really large-budget films… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Whenever I come to Oklahoma, I set aside a week or two to hang out and visit people. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
There's a lot of figures in history that are Native that had a really broad cultural impact; our communities raised some really… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
It's always paramount that people tell their own stories, but it's also really important that Native stories get the attention of these… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I advocate for other people before I advocate for myself. Even just making dinner reservations, I count the whole party and I… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Native American people have been all over the world. One example I use is that I met a Blackfeet man in Vienna.… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Blackfeet have our own versions of the traumatic history that we collectively still feel. And it's just an ethos in my people… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Some of the very first films, I think the very first film, was of Native people. It was us filming ourselves and… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
The stories of our Indigenous people have shaped the very foundational fabric of our modern day. And so much of that is… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I do feel that historically having gendered categories has helped from keeping women actors from a lot of erasure because I think… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Being known as an actress felt good even when I wasn't working, even before I got my SAG card, when people asked… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
There are not many people who can create a character that gives an actor like me a chance to show what I… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I've known several people who reached the point where they realised they could shape the world for their kids and introduce them… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I'm liking that when I'm now walking into generals and hearing about the scope of characters that are out there for Indigenous… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's kind of hard to trust that people are going to trust you. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
For me, just the sheer fact that I get to act and do this for a living is enough personal gratification and individual fulfillment.… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Indian country is small, word gets around about how people conduct themselves when they come into your community. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
As a Montanan, a significant chunk of your life growing up is spent in a car, traveling. People say it's a small town with… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I was born and raised on my reservation in my mountains on my plains. That's still where I feel the most full. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
My very first paycheck was for $125 dollars as a featured extra as 'a crying girl' in a small indie film called 'Here Come… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Martin Scorsese and I first met over Zoom; then I met with both Marty and Leonardo DiCaprio, but I never read the script with… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Ballet, dance, movement, performance - it is the bedrock of why I love to perform. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Any role I play, which is native or highlights native history or culture, whether or not it's laid out, I'm always going to make… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
My path to acting started with watching a lot of movies, because I grew up in a very rural place, that was snowed in… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I was raised on a reservation, went to public school. It's a very normal, sort of working-class upbringing in one way, and in another… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
