I always knew I'd struggle to be cast in commercial and studio films and that my niche would be independent film and… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I think a lot of actors reach that point where you bargain with your passion and the reality of the business. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
A very quick way to annoy me as an actor is a director trying to tell me what my character's thinking. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
The first thing that we did when we moved out to Seattle was enroll me in Stone Soup Theatre. That kind of… — 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
The first time I realised that acting was an option was when I really wanted to grow up to be an Ewok… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I am shaped by my community - and I have been supported in my ambition to be an actor and storyteller. — 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
