A biography for Sarah Gadonhasn’t been written yet.
“I have these surreal moments where I'm like, 'I'm pregnant with Jake Gyllenhaal's baby' and 'I'm telling Robert Pattinson that he smells of sex.' But you're acting, so the focus is on the work.”
“I do build my own backstory as an actor. It's important to know where your characters have come from in order to know where they're going - in order to exist in that state of being.”
“My chosen occupation isn't necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.”
“It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around.”
“If you've ever had anyone in your life who has been struggling with something, struggling with addiction or struggling with anything, and it's about the resilience of love and how much you're willing to struggle with somebody to preserve your relationship and to try to preserve them as a person.”
“I'm a part-time student, and I plan to finish my degree. I think there are a lot of part-time students with jobs on the side or stressful careers. I'm certainly not the first person to be working while I'm in university.”
“I have a regular life, and I do that intentionally: hanging out with my friends, cooking dinner for my boyfriend.”
“I think it's really important for artists in general to invest in themselves. And I view my schoolwork as something I'm investing in for me. And I'm my own product as an actor. There's a kind of career that I want, and I feel like I'm making choices to obtain that.”
“I wore a pink Betsey Johnson dress to my prom, and I pretty much looked like a pink cupcake. I loved that dress!”
“It's so often that I read for the bouncy, sunny girl men fall in love with who will solve all the romantic problems in the narrative. I don't choose to work that way.”
“I've studied dance since I was very young, and I continue to study ballet.”
“It was a very critical moment for me when I began working with David Cronenberg and seeing this amazing director and creator choose to base himself out of Toronto.”
“Sometimes when you're working on a period piece, there's this tendency to be nostalgic about the period and do everything superglamorous, which can end up looking cliche.”
“If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves.”
“I feel like biopics are so difficult to get around.”
“I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.”
“My grandmother is British. She was in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II. That's where she met my grandfather, who was sailing for the British Royal Navy. She was a war bride.”
“Without disruptions in life, where would we be?”
“I don't love L.A. It's a great place to visit; it's a great place to meet and work, but I don't want to live there.”
“Film is an art form. Dissecting and understanding it is a part of our own interest in humanity.”