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> [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 and met Wes Anderson, this quite physically and socially awkward man who didn't really talk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/as-an-actor-you-re-just-taking-temperature-i-am-anyway-all-the-time/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/olivia-williams-10935_awkward_as-an-actor-you-re-just-taking-temperatu_515230.jpg)

> [I loved Rushmore. I loved the script. I mean, that is what drew me to it, just the actual piece of literature the script is. But I never thought in a million years that anyone would see it or respond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-loved-rushmore-i-loved-the-script-i-mean-that-is-what-drew-me-to-it/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

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## More by Olivia Williams

> [I am a pathetic and gushing Nick Hornby fan, and I wanted to be in High Fidelity, and I wanted to be in About…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-am-a-pathetic-and-gushing-nick-hornby-fan-and-i-wanted-to-be-in/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/my-very-first-friend-was-my-stand-in-who-s-a-very-dear-friend-to-this/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [It was as big as a Beatles concert, I guess. Friends was unbelievably popular in Britain, and it was incredibly exciting. I had never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/it-was-as-big-as-a-beatles-concert-i-guess-friends-was-unbelievably/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [I guess maybe I was hired to play in the Doll House because of my dinner scene in The Sixth Sense, which has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-guess-maybe-i-was-hired-to-play-in-the-doll-house-because-of-my/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/there-are-movies-where-i-ve-walked-onto-the-set-and-felt-this-is-home/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [I love the ups and downs and the eccentricities of my career. The worst movies have produced some of the best friendships.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-love-the-ups-and-downs-and-the-eccentricities-of-my-career-the/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/for-me-selfishly-the-postman-didn-t-kill-my-career-it-meant-i-didn-t/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/as-an-actor-you-re-just-taking-temperature-i-am-anyway-all-the-time/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [Ewan McGregor and I said this to each other after we saw The Ghost Writer. Every time Roman Polanski did a "No, no, no!,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/ewan-mcgregor-and-i-said-this-to-each-other-after-we-saw-the-ghost/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/my-parents-long-and-happy-marriage-was-a-great-ideal-to-live-up-to/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [Ewan McGregor is a very genial and entertaining man, and Pierce Brosnan is possibly the nicest man in the world. Actually, it was quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/ewan-mcgregor-is-a-very-genial-and-entertaining-man-and-pierce/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [The excruciating moments of drama are when people are allowed to show or say what they feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/the-excruciating-moments-of-drama-are-when-people-are-allowed-to-show/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [I really needed to have something in my life, because I realized there were other things more important than my career. So I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/i-really-needed-to-have-something-in-my-life-because-i-realized-there/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [My parents taught me everything and set me up for life. I owe to them all the things I'm passionate about: music, art, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/my-parents-taught-me-everything-and-set-me-up-for-life-i-owe-to-them/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

> [Carey Mulligan is completely self-possessed. She knows what she's doing, and again, quite like the big-hitters I was talking about, my job was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-williams/carey-mulligan-is-completely-self-possessed-she-knows-what-she-s/)

[Olivia Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-williams/)

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