Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I can't say I was much of a gamer growing up or that I am now, but I'm certainly part of that culture or it's part of, you know, the sort of time that I grew up in.

I acted in theater and I took film classes when I was 12 and just obsessed over it. I loved it and spent hours and hours in the film studio learning and watching.

But as an actor you do want to challenge yourself and step outside what you have done in the past and that what I like to do, I like to jump around and try different things and stretch myself.

I can remember when 'Pulp Fiction' came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

I think for most actors, because we sort of have to tell ourselves this, we always say, 'Oh, it doesn't mean anything to win an Oscar!' It certainly isn't a goal that you want to set yourself up for, because then you're just setting yourself up for disaster. Because how many people actually win an Oscar?

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I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

I have a lot of different traits to my personality, depending on who I'm around, and what the dynamic in the situation is.

Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you're speaking two different languages.

I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.