Elizabeth Olsen

I like being able to play make believe as my job. I think I played make-believe growing up a little too long—probably to an inappropriate age.

Elizabeth Olsen (born February 16, 1989) is an American actress.

Quotes

• When I was 13, I told my parents I didn’t believe in God any more. I wanted to be an atheist because I believed that religion should be about community and having a place to go in prayer, not something that should determine women’s freedoms.
  • Ryder, Caroline. "Elizabeth Olsen cover interview for Dazed&Confused". (September 2, 2013).

• I like being able to play make believe as my job. I think I played make-believe growing up a little too long—probably to an inappropriate age. I played make-believe until I was, like, 13 and probably should have been doing something else. But other than that, it’s fun to be able to have to learn about different people. My favorite thing is you have to learn how to work with people that you probably would never try [to]. Some people just aren’t supposed to be in a room together, and you have to be in a room with a group of people who might not all get along and you have to figure out how to come together for one thing. That collaboration is special, and people don’t get to exercise that. I think that’s why people become stubborn, and I think that’s why people become uninspired to change. In this job you have to.
  • "New Girl". Interview. (November 25, 2013).

• I was 10 and I was curious about auditioning … and I realized very quickly it wasn't for me because I was missing my sports teams, my dance class and all the extracurricular activities at school. But during that time, I thought, 'I don't want to be associated with [Mary-Kate and Ashley],' for some reason. I guess I understood what nepotism was like inherently as a 10-year-old. I don't know if I knew the word, but there is some sort of association of not earning something that I think bothered me at a very young age.
  • "Elizabeth Olsen Considered Changing Last Name to Avoid Association with Sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley". People. (April 22, 2021).