Quotes from Mary-Kate Olsen


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I was never challenged when it came to acting as a youngster. I sort of just did whatever was given to me without asking questions. I didn't really understand why I enjoyed it or why I did it.


I'm definitely bicoastal, but I have to say, it's easier to live in New York than in L.A. I feel like people respect other people's space a bit more here.


We will probably always be in business together.


I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all. I would never wish my upbringing on anyone... but I wouldn't take it back for the world.


When I was young, clothes were really just about what fit, because Ashley and I were so tiny. So I understood fit before I understood style.


We've read scripts, and I think right now we are just focusing in on school.


I never went shopping. That wasn't my thing. I grew up horseback riding. That was my passion. I didn't start shopping until about 16 or 17, when I could drive myself to stores and explore on my own.


I love to play games. I really like football, and I also like to ride horses.


We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals.


Just as we have had great working lives, we have also had good personal lives. For instance, we have made school our number one priority. We have been in school our entire lives with kids our own age. We guess that's pretty regular.


I made the decision to take acting seriously after high school.


I usually do get the tomboy parts in the movies, which is kind of like me, but not totally. I like to shop as much as Ashley, but she is a little more of a girlie-girl than me.


I think we have the same goals in mind. We are not planning on just all of a sudden taking a film and separating. Hopefully one day she can direct me in something, or I will direct her. Or we'll produce a movie under our company's name.


I love to learn; I really do. We'd study something in class, and I'd take it outside of class and become, like, obsessive and just research everything.


I grew up horseback riding. That was my passion. I didn't start shopping until about 16 or 17, when I could drive myself to stores and explore on my own.


I look at old photos of me, and I don't feel connected to them at all.


I get extra time to take the test because of my ADD. Everybody's brains works differently and I just need longer for things to register.


I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test.


Any time that we have time to take off, we love being home.


We've played producers almost our entire lives in everything else we've created. But when working on a feature and even dealing with something like Warner Bros. or another production company, or other details that you can worry about - we definitely learned a lot.