List of Jena Malone Quotes

There's So Much More (to Say) About Being Young And Being A Woman, But I Feel Like Not A Lot Of Those Stories Are Being Told, So You Have To Grab Onto What Ever Small Truths You Can Find And Present It In The Most Honest Way You Can.

It's Very Easy To Make Certain Decisions That Affect Your Life That You Have No Perspective On.

Advice Is Such A Tricky Thing When You're Young.

A Lot Of The Powerful Religious Leaders, From Jesus To Buddha To Tibetan Monks, They're Really Talking About The Same Things: Love And Acceptable, And The Value Of Friendship, And Respecting Yourself So You Can Respect Others.

I Tell My Agent That I Want To Read Everything.

I Love Talking About Movies That Mean Something To Me.

And I Love Writing; I've Been Writing Ever Since I Was Seven.

A Christian High School Is Just Like Any Other High School In The Sense Of The Politics And All Of These Levels Of Who's Cool And What To Wear.

People Soften By The Forced Reflection That Comes With Loss.

Adolescence Isn't Just About Prom Or Wearing Sparkly Dresses.

I Think Sleep's Really Important. I Value It As Much As Waking Up And Having A Full Day.

In L.a., If You're An Actor, Your Personal And Professional Lives Are Too Intertwined.

We Are All Searching For Some Form Of Family Or Foundation - For A Place We Can Feel Safe And Secure.

No Matter Who The Characters Are, You Can Strip Them Down And Find Small Universal Truths.

When I'm Not Working, I Definitely I Like Waking Up At Noon.

Some Locations Are So Terrible, You Can't Even Breathe, And You Still Have To Act.

You Never Know How Things Are Going To Fit. So, You Don't Count Your Eggs Until They Hatch. You Can't Pre-project That. I Mean, This Was Literally Like A Childhood Fantasy Of Mine, To Be Able To Work In Action. You Know, Growing Up On Disney Films Like Pocahontas And Wanting To Enter Into That, Or Aladdin And How He's Fighting - Being Your Own Hero, Being Your Own Heroine Is Like Every One's Dream.

I Think The Older You Get, You Start To Break Down The Myth And You Get To The Dirt Of It - And If You Still Love The Dirt, Then I Think You Should Stay On Board.

There Is A Point In Every Young Person's Life When You Realize That The Youth That You've Progressed Through And Graduate To Some Sort Of Adulthood Is Equally As Messed Up As Where You're Going.

For A Child Actor, Its A Matter Of Listening, Reacting, And Being Able To Put Yourself In A New Place Without Being Scared.

If You Put The Right Things Into The Universe, The Right Things Will Come To You.

I'm Sort Of Coming Of Age Into A Different Time Of Acting, And I Feel Kind Of Like A Kid Again. I Used To Think That I Could Climb Anything, Do Anything. But I've Just Been Like A Skinny White Girl My Whole Life.

I Used To Want To Be A Children's Writer, Because I Would Have All These Great Ideas When I Was Little, And I'd Write Them And Draw Them, And Turn Them Into Class.

But I've Really Learned You Don't Have To Fit In. No Matter Where You Go, You're Always Going To Be You And If They Don't Like You For Who You Are, Then What's The Point Of Being Someone Else?