Sarah Michelle Gellar Quotes - Page 3

I'm definitely leading a much slower life now that I'm not working every single day on a television series.

I think I lead a really real life.

Some people feel like you have to cement your love.

It's been hard to be a show in L.A. and be trendsetting, because the fashions are in New York... Not to mention that most actresses are all, give or take, the same size, between five-two and five-five, and 95 to 125 pounds.

I think that this industry in particular is so fast-paced that you keep saying, 'I'll take vacation later.' Sometimes later never comes. I'm definitely leading a much slower life now that I'm not working every single day on a television series.

I don't do a television show for awards. You make it so people will enjoy watching it.

My family comes first, and you have to be in charge to be able to protect that. You have to be the one who says no or you don't have a life, which is what I found out the first time.

I don't understand why James Bond has to be a man all the time. When Pierce Brosnan retires, why not one of us?

How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals.

I also think it was important for me and Freddie to be able to have a lot of time to share our lives at the beginning of our marriage rather than my coming home at 9 or 10 at night from the set. Things have really worked out for the best for both of us.

Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true.

You're forced to think about what your goals are and you clarify them because you're taking this journey with another person and you need to be open with your partner.

In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work

I've always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.

I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel.

When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, 'women in jeopardy' -- I call them 'disease of the week' movies.

I clip coupons all the time. Why should you pay more for something that someone else is paying less for?

I'm fascinated by twins. It's such an interesting thing. I'm an only child, so I don't have a sibling. But, if you think about the bond that siblings have, that intensifies so much when you think about being in the womb together.

TV has changed so much, from the fact that there are so many channels available now to spoilers. There were no blogs when I was on Buffy. There were no weekly magazines, aside from People. Now, to be able keep your secrets for your show is so hard.

It's a terrible process, what you go through, during pilot season. All the shows turn themselves in and there is a good four to six weeks before you get phone call.

All joking aside, I'm a television watcher and I get frustrated with shows sometimes when they set up puzzles and then they don't give answers. It's just more questions and more questions.

I would tell any actress that the trick is to play all the female characters on your show, and then all the men are yours.

How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like [Buffy]? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.

A lot of times, when you start a show at a young age, you get stuck. You get six years of high school, but I didn't have that.