Mary-Kate Olsen Quotes

“There are just some really beautiful people in the world. When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“We have been roommates our entire lives. We just bought a place together.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“How can you be organized when you're in Times Square?”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I love getting amazing jackets, because you can wear your pajamas underneath and everyone's like, 'Oh, fabulous jacket,' and I'm like, 'You should see what's underneath!'”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I wear weird things sometimes. I like to drink coffee. Neither of those things have anything to do with who I am.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

I think it's really important to be able to talk when something's wrong. I learned at a really young age that if you don't talk about it, it can drive you insane.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know?”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“Our career is a dream. I mean, we get to act, travel around the world, and meet cool people. What's not to love!”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“Our ultimate goal is to stay in business. We are not here with a specific plan. That's kind of how our entire career has evolved. We will figure things out as we go along.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“We were never thrown into the situation in the middle of our lives, but grew up doing it. This is all we know, and some people who were thrown into it don't really know what to do or how to react and this is just kind of natural for us.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“Me and Ashley feel like we're totally different.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“Some people are natural beauties, some have great style, but sometimes it comes from talent. Take Kate Winslet: I was listening to her speech at the Golden Globes. That woman has so much intensity. She's amazing to watch and to listen to. With some people, it can even be their voice that makes them attractive.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I run around my house naked with heels all the time. It's so funny.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“We had to decide: Do we want to do Saturday Night or go to our Senior Prom? We opted for Saturday Night Live.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“We were always surrounded by people who knew us very well and cared about us.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

When I was in my freshman year at college I took some acting classes and found that I fell in love with it again.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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. Everyone has the right to that freedom, right? Everyone has that right. It's freezing in New York right now. In L.A., it's sunny. But I would choose freezing over being followed.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“When I was younger, on weekends, my mom would make us pancakes with our initials on them and then a tiny cup of coffee. I remember at 10 sneaking my own coffee and pouring a ton of sugar in and going up to the playroom and drinking it.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I feel like when I carry a bigger bag, it looks like it's a huge bag because I'm really tiny. But I do think it's important to have the space that you need, because we throw everything in our bags at all times. I think every woman does.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

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

— Mary-Kate Olsen

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

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

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

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“I still read scripts, and if something great comes along, that's great ... but this is my day job. The Row is where I go every day.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding.

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“We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!”

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

— Mary-Kate Olsen

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

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“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.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“We've always been fans of a good mystery; we think all kids are, and there weren't any good mysteries out there these days for kids, so that's why we decided to do them.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I think the hardest part to get to is that point of asking for help or reaching out to other people and being honest with yourself.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

The best part was the food. There are some great Italian restaurants we go to whenever we are in Toronto, so the eating was a definite highlight.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

Well that's what I generally do with books - I read them.

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“"All I really need is my bed and my art around me. "”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“Our parents got to be kids. Now it's our turn.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“It's weird to be called a celebrity or talk about it. I don't talk about being a celebrity in my business meetings. I don't talk about it with my friends. It's not a part of my life. It's a media perception of who I am.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“I would love to be able to swim in the ocean in Malibu. But that is asking for a bikini shot. That's inviting something that I don't want to happen. I don't need to be on a 'Who's Skinny, Who's Fat, Who's Looking Healthy, Who's Not Eating?' list.”

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“Now that im older i'm more aware of things that make me feel complete as a person. I'm trying to concentrate on those things as opposed to things that make feel empty”

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The way I see it, you have to take every chance you get because there may not be another one. You have to learn from your mistakes because nobody's perfect. You have to laugh, love & live every day as if it's your last.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

“There was a photo of me with weird sunglasses on and a green sweatshirt, some striped thing, with tights and cowboy boots ... I just saw that photo and thought, 'God, I look crazy.'”

— Mary-Kate Olsen