Top 80 Ellen Page Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don’t see a box-office failure blamed on men.”

— Ellen Page

52. “Sometimes something will be happening in pop culture and a movie will be right there, so you’ll have this perception that maybe the movie got there first. But in reality, culture gets there first.”

— Ellen Page

53. “I didn’t really play dress up when I was a kid, and I’m really T-shirt and jeans-y.”

— Ellen Page

54. “The quality most important to me, in the films I make, is honesty.”

— Ellen Page

55. “It’s much simpler to be tortured on camera or to be filmed losing your mind. Whereas a script that has characters who are honest, witty and genuine is often much harder to act.”

— Ellen Page

56. “I’ve become really interested in permaculture, simplifying my life and doing everything I can to develop more of a sustainable lifestyle.”

— Ellen Page

57. “The thing I like about acting is being able to lose yourself completely in someone else.”

— Ellen Page

58. “I’m never going to be considered brave for playing a straight person, and nor should I be.”

— Ellen Page

59. “I’d ice-skated before, because I’m Canadian and that’s what you do as a kid, but I’d never, ever been on quad skates.”

— Ellen Page

60. “One of those things where immediately when you started reading it, you knew it was something special and then the more you read, the more it surprised you, and the more you realized it was devoid of stereotype .”

— Ellen Page

61. “By focusing on the community, you can learn more about the whole country.”

— Ellen Page

62. “The relationships I’ve had with my girl friends are so powerful and meaningful. Without them I truly don’t know what I’d do.”

— Ellen Page

63. “I grew up playing sports, but now I feel like I can’t, because if I get injured, I’ll impair whatever film I’m working on.”

— Ellen Page

64. “I’ve always been drawn to stories and telling them; whether it was through being a part of theater when I was a little kid, or film, or with music, there’s just been an innate desire to feel that connection.”

— Ellen Page

65. “I think, because I’ve been working for a while, I’ve been working since I was ten, I had the fortune of reading a lot, a lot of scripts.”

— Ellen Page

66. “I guess I notice things as a woman just in the way I’m spoken to.”

— Ellen Page

67. “Usually, when you’re in a movie, you’re disconnected from it. You’re never going to feel what you felt when you made it.”

— Ellen Page

68. “I’m a huge fan of the program ‘Democracy Now,’ which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast.”

— Ellen Page

69. “I don’t really want to do the Hollywood thing, I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.”

— Ellen Page

70. “There’s no big budget Canadian movie. Whatever movies are big budget in Canada come from the States. Or also have States financing. Everything’s pretty small.”

— Ellen Page

71. “I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it’s just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it’s stunts.”

— Ellen Page

72. “It’s really crucial to achieve that balance with a film like this, cause it is unique and witty and then there’s the tendency to force that. It becomes contrived and I know the feeling like, give me a fork that I can stab in my eye in those kinds of movies.”

— Ellen Page

73. “Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can’t imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous.”

— Ellen Page

74. “But I’ve never been really rebellious. I’ve got a lot of support and I’m not pushed so hard that I feel like I’m going to burn out, which is what happens to a lot of actors in their early twenties.”

— Ellen Page

75. “I’m really passionate about music – I get really emotionally connected, probably in a weird way.”

— Ellen Page

76. “I was maybe 10 or 11 when I saw ‘Titanic.’ And, yes, I was a fan. I loved it.”

— Ellen Page

77. “There’s obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is.”

— Ellen Page

78. “I’m not good at watching stuff that I’m in at all. I should stop. I shouldn’t watch something for the first time with a room full of people at Sundance. It’s not a good idea.”

— Ellen Page

79. “X-Men is massive, like nothing I’ve ever experienced. But great in its own way.”

— Ellen Page

80. “I have trouble sometimes watching actors – even when they do a great job – with an accent.”

— Ellen Page

81. “I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget.”

— Ellen Page

82. “I love travel shows. I love Anthony Bourdain. I love No Reservations. I always learn so much, and I wanted to see one from a gay perspective that explored LGBT communities around the world.”

— Ellen Page

83. “In a lot of states LGBT people can be fired for just being gay or for just being trans. That’s totally legal.”

— Ellen Page

84. “I’m actually just playing honest, whole young women.”

— Ellen Page

85. “I’m not naive to the fact that I’m an out gay actor.”

— Ellen Page