Malin Akerman Quotes

“I think recharging is important, absolutely. Every now and then, you need maybe a couple of weeks to just chill out and let your emotions balance themselves out a little bit.”

— Malin Akerman

“I'm such a bad shopper for myself. I love fashion and all that kind of stuff, but that's sort of the last thing I want to do when I'm done with a film is go shopping. I want to just chill.”

— Malin Akerman

“The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but when you talk to him and he's around you, he's such a gentleman. He holds doors for ladies. He pulls out chairs. He cooks. He cleans.”

— Malin Akerman

Who doesn't love a funny girl who can look sexy at the same time?

— Malin Akerman

“We all in real life put on these masks - we don't swear when we're around certain people ... When we come home, when you're on your own I'm sure you're really different than when you're with your boss.”

— Malin Akerman

“I'm a big pasta fan. I'm a big Italian food fan. Anything Italian - I love cheese, mozzarella. Mozzarella is my favorite, so I have to say anything Italian, I'll take it.”

— Malin Akerman

“Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.”

— Malin Akerman

In '87, I was about 9 years old, and so at that point I was wearing, like, fluorescent green T-shirts and acid-wash jeans and leg warmers, and my hair was in a ponytail with a scrunchie and I had the teased bangs that were up in a rainbow shape. It was crazy.

— Malin Akerman

“When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.”

— Malin Akerman

“I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.”

— Malin Akerman

I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded. The guys were like, 'Just seeng!' And I was like, 'I don't know how to seeng! Can't I just play the triangle?'

— Malin Akerman

“Turns out, I couldn't catch them - or even get close to them. I realized that sharks are amazing, beautiful animals who have absolutely no interest in checking me out.”

— Malin Akerman

“Women have a way of contorting things sometimes. We all have our moods, ups and downs. Or if the guy doesn't say anything when you walk out with a new top and the guy has no idea why you're mad at him. So of course, women are complicated.”

— Malin Akerman

“I'm the type of person who doesn't want to sit alone in a restaurant or bar.”

— Malin Akerman

“I like when you watch a film and you feel like you're a part of somebody's life for an hour and a half.”

— Malin Akerman

“Nutella. I dig my spoon in and eat it straight out of the jar. I can easily go through one a week.”

— Malin Akerman

“How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.”

— Malin Akerman

“I have this weird obsession with kids and old people falling. Like, funny falls. It is awful, but it's the thing that makes me laugh the most.”

— Malin Akerman

“My only requirement for life is that I don't get stuck in a rut.”

— Malin Akerman

“You've got to allow yourself the things you enjoy or you'll just be miserable.”

— Malin Akerman

I loved 'Pan's Labyrinth.' It transported me into another world. I like fantasy worlds; I love 'Lord of the Rings' as well, for that reason, because you really get to get out of reality and go somewhere else.

— Malin Akerman

“I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'”

— Malin Akerman

“I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.”

— Malin Akerman

“When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.”

— Malin Akerman

“I don't have a problem with being a woman. Women's bodies are so beautiful.”

— Malin Akerman

I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!

— Malin Akerman

I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.

— Malin Akerman

“I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.”

— Malin Akerman

“I still get excited by working with big names. You have that initial moment of, 'Oh my goodness, I'm going to work with Tom Cruise!'”

— Malin Akerman

“I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.”

— Malin Akerman

“I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.”

— Malin Akerman

“I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.”

— Malin Akerman

“I'm gluten intolerant, so that automatically cuts carbs from my diet.”

— Malin Akerman

“Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.”

— Malin Akerman

“There isn't a woman alive who doesn't have problems with her body. Including me!”

— Malin Akerman

“They say that your second trimester is when you get most of your energy and it's the 'easiest' part of the pregnancy.”

— Malin Akerman

“I have been a goof my whole life. I wasn't really the popular girl in school and didn't have any boyfriends in high school because I was a nerd. I was a geek.”

— Malin Akerman

“I believe in eating as nutritiously as I can all the time ... My mother raised me on fresh - rather than processed - foods, and that's how I eat on a regular basis.”

— Malin Akerman

“I don't really have an issue with showing certain parts of my body. I'd rather not, but it's not a big deal. Growing up in Sweden, it's natural over there.”

— Malin Akerman

“I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.”

— Malin Akerman

“I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.”

— Malin Akerman

“I would love to interview Dave Grohl. I just think he's an amazing musician, and I grew up listening to Nirvana, so I have so many questions about that.”

— Malin Akerman

“The nature of the business is that, once you start proving yourself and the more roles you get, the more exciting the roles that you're able to go out and do auditions for, or that you're being offered, get. You have more choices.”

— Malin Akerman

The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful, as far as who they choose for their film and what they're known for and staying in the genre because they know what works.

— Malin Akerman

It's so funny because you think you're attracted to this bad boy. They do whatever they want, but you don't really want that. You don't want someone who's out on a tour bus, sleeping around with different people and getting wasted.

— Malin Akerman

“It's definitely been a conscious decision to seek out roles that are different, in any way, from anything that I've done, just to prove to myself that I can do it and to challenge myself. If I can, then great, it will open up those doors and just prove to other directors and peers that I am, in fact, available for things other than comedy.”

— Malin Akerman

“I love women like Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, who kind of go out on a limb and do their own thing. I find it very inspiring and it allows you to do what you want to do.”

— Malin Akerman

“That's when you're laughing the hardest because you're not really in character. You're just trying to learn the moves, but once they call action, you're in it and it's like you transport yourself to a different place.”

— Malin Akerman

“I came out here to do the acting, and then after a year of auditions and not getting anything, I met these Italian guys and they asked me to write lyrics for them. Then they said, "Why don't you just front the band?" I said, "Well, maybe because I can't sing. I've never sang before in my life."”

— Malin Akerman

“I feel really lucky that I love my job. I really do.”

— Malin Akerman