Kate Bosworth

“I really wanted to go to high school and be normal.”

“I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.”

“That's the funniest thing about portraying certain things on screen, sitting next to your parents and they get to see this glimpse of me kissing another guy.”

“I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.”

“I wasn't a social butterfly at all.”

“The fashion world feels more normal to me when I'm with them.”

“I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.”

“You never grow out of high school sadly.”

“It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away.”

“I actually hate shopping.”

“You promote your films; it's part of your job. You do the magazine covers and stuff, and then I try to live a really normal life. I definitely don't try to make it into any more craziness than it is.”

“I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.”

“I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.”

“I'm a serial monogamist.”

“Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.”

“I just think that people take me a little more seriously as a brunette. I don't know if that's just because of a societal preconceived notion that all blondes are stupid, but it's a different kind of attitude.”

“At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.”

“My head was always in books.”

“To put as little pressure on the relationship you're in is very important.”

“I don't really get star-struck, but I do get talent struck. If I meet somebody that I think is just wildly talented and brilliant, that's when I start getting nervous.”