Olivia Williams

I am a pathetic and gushing Nick Hornby fan, and I wanted to be in High Fidelity, and I wanted to be…

— 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.…

— Olivia Williams

It was as big as a Beatles concert, I guess. Friends was unbelievably popular in Britain, and it was incredibly exciting. I…

— Olivia Williams

I guess maybe I was hired to play in the Doll House because of my dinner scene in The Sixth Sense, which…

— 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,…

— Olivia Williams

I love the ups and downs and the eccentricities of my career. The worst movies have produced some of the best friendships.

— 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…

— 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…

— Olivia Williams

Ewan McGregor and I said this to each other after we saw The Ghost Writer. Every time Roman Polanski did a "No,…

— Olivia Williams

My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.

— Olivia Williams

Ewan McGregor is a very genial and entertaining man, and Pierce Brosnan is possibly the nicest man in the world. Actually, it…

— Olivia Williams

The excruciating moments of drama are when people are allowed to show or say what they feel.

— Olivia Williams

I really needed to have something in my life, because I realized there were other things more important than my career. So…

— 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,…

— 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…

— Olivia Williams

I loved Rushmore. I loved the script. I mean, that is what drew me to it, just the actual piece of literature…

— Olivia Williams

It was fine when I was single and childless. Carrying the responsibility of screwing up your kids at the same time is…

— Olivia Williams

I thought "I've coped with some crazy situations, and I can do this." But working with Roman Polanski is so different from…

— Olivia Williams

My agents were like "Come to L.A., we've got meetings for you." I was like "No, I'm doing this now." Then my…

— Olivia Williams

My skin may have wrinkles but it's because I'm smiling so much. That might sound like some terrible American greetings card, but…

— Olivia Williams

I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voice I was…

— Olivia Williams

It's funny, when people want things to be very truthful and you're dealing with an inexperienced actor. I'm of the school that…

— Olivia Williams

I'm a mixture of Anglo-Saxon, a bit of Spanish and one-eighth American. I've often wondered if I have an Asiatic ancestor from…

— Olivia Williams

I've been lucky enough to kiss three James Bonds on screen: Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig.

— Olivia Williams

If the role is right and it's another situation of having a benevolent genius at the head of it, someone who likes…

— Olivia Williams