Mena Suvari quotes Her role in 'American Beauty' (1999) Born: 02/09/1979 Country: usa

• Coming out to LA was great because I could be 5'4" and eat what I wanted and there was no pressure. (Mena Suvari)
• Everything affects me and I just absorb everything and I mean, it's just really pleasant to work with someone like and that and so much fun and just so easy. (Mena Suvari)
• For me, high school was very academic and about graduating. (Mena Suvari) [high/school]
• I also liked the idea that Charlotte could be a figment of this guy's imagination. There's a lot of symbolism as well. (Mena Suvari) [imagination]
• I can't think too far ahead in the future, but I often think, Will I ever work again? And that I need to get my act seriously together or who knows what's going to happen. I guess I'm just getting old. (Mena Suvari) [think/future/think/willpower]
• I definitely don't think it would be a good thing for me to be in another high school ensemble comedy, you know what I mean? (Mena Suvari) [think/thing/high/school]
• I did a part in Slums of Beverly Hills and I was in Kiss the Girls for a moment, and some more. (Mena Suvari) [kiss/girls/moment/more]
• I don't know but I'd definitely like to grow, as person and an actress. (Mena Suvari)
• I don't think I'd kill myself if I stopped acting. It would definitely be a sad day, but right now I'm just trying to work my hardest and enjoy everything I've been given because I feel I've been given a lot. (Mena Suvari) [think/day/right]
• I enjoyed being on different sets and learning the ropes. (Mena Suvari) [being]
• I know that's how I've gotten here today so it hasn't led me to say strategically that I'm not going to do any more studio films. But I also think there's more creativity in independent filmmaking. (Mena Suvari) [more/think/more/creativity]
• I love art and fashion. (Mena Suvari) [love/art/fashion]
• I make my own shirts. (Mena Suvari)
• I mean, my whole life I take step by step and look at everything individually. (Mena Suvari) [life/take/look]
• I moved out here when I was 15 and I didn't really know anybody. (Mena Suvari)
• I never sat down and said, Oh, I want to be in the movies. (Mena Suvari)
• I never went to the prom. (Mena Suvari)
• I really didn't go out and party every night. That's me, I don't party like that. But it really was about the part. I was intensely studying and reading up on the script. (Mena Suvari) [night/reading]
• I then went to a modeling convention and seventeen out of eighteen agents there asked to see me again, even though they only signed girls who were five foot seven or more - I was only five foot two. (Mena Suvari) [girls/more]
• I think the only way it's changed it is with all the publicity and people recognizing me. Like I said, it's all very surreal. (Mena Suvari) [think/people]
• I try to give my all whenever I feel something is important. (Mena Suvari) [give]
• I want to challenge myself and I don't want to be the pretty girl with her tits hanging out, honestly. (Mena Suvari)
• I was never very popular, so I guess I was sort of a loser. (Mena Suvari)
• I went to New York when I was 13 and was there for the whole summer. It was about wearing the heels and looking taller and trying to look older. (Mena Suvari) [look]
• I work really well with my agent, we have similar tastes and he knows what direction I want to take. (Mena Suvari) [direction/take]
• I'm an Aquarius and I don't know if that has anything to do with it but I'm very into arts and crafts. (Mena Suvari)
• I'm not religious myself but it was fascinating. The most important thing - in spite of any scepticism I would have had - is the reaction of the people and how emotional they became. (Mena Suvari) [thing/people]
• I've done a lot of things that were cool after American Beauty. (Mena Suvari) [beauty]
• I've never felt like I was being exploited. (Mena Suvari) [being]
• In my own life, I've always had fun playing with the kind of flamboyance I brought to Angela. It was like a personality I had already created on my own. (Mena Suvari) [life/personality]
• It was weird because I felt like I had to grow up really quick. (Mena Suvari) [weird]

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