Top quotes by Mila Kunis

Sadly, in any industry and in any work-related environment, females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection, whether that be skinny or pretty. It's a constant, in our society. Votes: 18

I enjoy living life and I enjoy going to different restaurants and eating my way through a country and going to different museums and learning about different cultures. Votes: 17

Always have a backup plan. Votes: 17

Family Guy's got a strong fanbase, man, like no other. It's great. Everywhere around the world, it's pretty amazing. It's amazing that people love 'Family Guy' as much as they do. It's great. Votes: 17

I had a normal upbringing and went to public school. If I ever, even for a second, started getting a big head, I was brought back to reality pretty quickly. I was working full time and still had to fight for a cell phone. Votes: 13

It's amazing that people love 'Family Guy' as much as they do. It's great. Votes: 10

I love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends. Votes: 9

I think there will always be a double standard between males and females, so I think that an actress is more likely to protect her public persona, so to speak, than an actor would be. Votes: 8

Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone's throat. Votes: 8

I had a snowboarding accident. I fell off a horse. I've had a concussion, a fractured rib... I walk into walls. I'm always bruised up. Votes: 8

I think I have a good sense of humor, but I'm not, like, a joke-teller. I get the jokes, which is sometimes half the battle. Believe me, I have no idea why anyone hires me.... Votes: 7

People criticize a woman for everything - like, I get criticized for how my hair looks when I go grocery shopping or the fact that I don't wear makeup when I get my nails done. Votes: 7

Teens are dealing with the same problems now in the '90s as they did back in the '70s, the only real difference is the clothes we wear! Votes: 5

People have interpretations of what you're supposed to be like. If you're unattractive and overweight, you must have a great personality. If you're attractive, then you must not be the nicest person. People are always taken aback that I'm easygoing but not necessarily stupid. Votes: 5

I definitely hope to attend UCLA in a year, and major in business. Votes: 5

I'd rather be in love and have a baby than have a movie. Votes: 5

I have an older brother who is 21 and attends UC Berkley. Votes: 5

Though she doesn't remember any trauma, she said that her parents told her she cried on a daily basis and her grandmother resorted to passing out candy so the kids would play with her. Though it was a humorous moment, Mila said, "I know, God bless her. She's an amazing, amazing woman." Votes: 5

I stand by every movie that I did. I don't regret any decision I made. Votes: 4

I honestly think being single's great. Being in a relationship's great. It's all about the timing. Votes: 4

The thing about ballet that I never knew about is that it's one of the most excruciating sports that I've ever been a part of. I say sports because they train constantly, every single day. Votes: 4

I've never dated. I can say this honestly: I don't know what it's like to date. But also, how am I going to date? I'm not in one state long enough. Votes: 4

The school was very supportive. The only class that I had to attend every day was biology when we were doing dissections. I would take an 8 a.m. bio class, dissect my animal, and then run to work. Votes: 4

Family Guy''s got a strong fanbase, man, like no other. It's great. Everywhere around the world, it's pretty amazing. It's amazing that people love 'Family Guy' as much as they do. It's great. Votes: 4

I am very much a creature of habit, and I have no life consistency. None. Votes: 3

Very rarely am I attracted to characters that are 'woe is me.' I'm not a big fan of women that have to be the victim and need to be saved, at all times. I don't necessarily think that's how it is, in real life, and I don't think that's how it should be in films. Votes: 2

Listen, I am such a nerd. I'm not one of those girls that goes, 'Ha, ha, hee, hee. I'm a nerd.' No, no, no - my brain mentality is the same as a 12-year-old little boy. The video games that I play, the things that I like to watch - I'm a Trekkie. Votes: 2

My mom and my dad wanted my brother and I to have a better life, you know, better education, better jobs. It was probably harder, much, much harder, for my parents. When you're a kid, you can learn a language much more easily; I learned English in less than a year. Votes: 2

I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress. Votes: 2

I think that when a person is insecure about who they are or who they want to be, then it translates on screen, and the choices they make are all about perception. Votes: 1

I really, truly believe in learning from other people's mistakes. Votes: 0

Christian Louboutins are uncomfortable, but I screamed the first time I put on a Pointe Shoe. Votes: 0

I didn't get the Russian Jew part because they didn't think I looked Russian or Jewish enough - and, mind you, I am both Russian and Jewish - so I was cast as the racist Mexican. Votes: 0

It's not the most normal life in the world, but I screw up plenty of times to be a normal teenager. Votes: 0

I do not play games, but always just say what's on my mind. Ostentatious modesty - for fools. If a man afraid of your honesty, it means that he is not the one you need. Votes: 0

It's very possible that I could look like a kleptomaniac and a pathological liar and that's why I keep getting hired. Votes: 0

If you do put yourself out there and do things that are not safe, then you run the risk of being criticized for it. Votes: 0

You want to be honest with a character and play it truthfully, and you want to be genuine with your character. Votes: 0

I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. I don't know if perfect is the right word because I don't believe in perfection. I don't think it exists. Votes: 0

I am... stubborn, and I admit it, so it's OK. Votes: 0

I think playing coy is silly. Speak your mind. If a man gets turned off, he's the wrong man. Votes: 0

I grew up in the Ukraine 'til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A. Votes: 0

I wanted to quit the industry when I was eighteen and finish '70s', finish my contract on the show and go to college because I was pretty convinced that after '70s' and after being on a show for eight years that I would be very much pigeonholed for something specific that I didn't want to be a part of anymore. Votes: 0

I don't even have Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Why would I ever want to be viral when I'm not even on the Internet? Votes: 0

I think sadly in any industry and in any work related environments females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection whether they be skinny or pretty. It's constant in our society. Votes: 0

That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi. Printing lies, making accusations, it's just bullying. Votes: 0

I don't live lavishly, so it's not like I have 20 assistants and travel privately and shop every day. Votes: 0

I don't think it's true that blondes have more fun... Trust me, it is not true! Votes: 0

I've always been a fan of Kate Winslet. She's very classy and a sexy little thing, too. Votes: 0

I love playing different characters and I love doing fun things and I love to entertain people, whether that be in a comedy or a drama. If I get you to laugh or I get you to cry I'm super stoked, as morbid as that might sound. Votes: 0

Whether you know who Denzel Washington is or you don't, when he walks into the room, you're going to pay attention, because he's just such a powerful man. Votes: 0

I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them. Votes: 0

I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of Steve Carrell and Tina Fey for years. Votes: 0

It's fun working on the set... I usually work about 10 and a half hours a day, and I also study about five of those hours. It can be tiring, but it's fun! Votes: 0

I've definitely grown apart from a lot of my friends. Some of them don't understand the schedule, and it's not that I don't want to talk to them, it's that sometimes I am really busy and can't get back to them. Votes: 0

My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that, and to go to UCLA, and to become someone great in life! Votes: 0

I'm not boring to be around. Something will always happen. Votes: 0

"Well, we knew it. Women can't sell movies".That's what it used to be like. "Well, this movie did well, but it's a fluke." Votes: 0

[Oz the Great] it's not like I had to imagine things, and as far as wire work goes, I had fun with it. Votes: 0

An actor goes crazy in a hotel room, gets trashed, throws a bench, breaks a window, and he is considered a rock star. An actress does that and she's sent to rehab and is thought to have problems and issues and can't get a job. Votes: 0

Another important thing to learn is that kids have a personality that has nothing to do with you. Votes: 0

Any man that has had a mother, has a sister, wants to be a father will find this [movie Bad Moms] incredibly eye opening and hysterical and funny. Votes: 0

As an actor, you travel so much. It isn't great for a marriage. Votes: 0

Children are f - king crazy. They're also suicidal. Votes: 0

Chivalry is not dead and you should be a gentleman. But if you are going to buy a girl a drink, buy it. Don't just offer it. Follow through. Votes: 0

Dads - and people in general - should keep in mind that we as mothers put enough pressure on ourselves. We don't need outside pressure put on us. Votes: 0

Detroit was really fun, FYI, in case anybody wants to go to Detroit. I love it. I did. Votes: 0

'Family Guy''s got a strong fanbase, man, like no other. It's great. Everywhere around the world, it's pretty amazing. It's amazing that people love 'Family Guy' as much as they do. It's great. Votes: 0

Five inches of snow in five inch heels, you can't look sexy and you can't look like you know what you're doing because you're fall. Votes: 0

For me, my lack of patience in real life - I have always had very little patience. It's been very much my downfall in life. But having a child puts it in perspective. Very quickly you're like, "Oh, I need to learn what patience is." Votes: 0

Growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I was lesser than any other kids. Votes: 0

Have a baby, and you realize: The second you think you got sh-t figured out, you don't. It's the greatest wake-up call. Votes: 0

Having a newborn you have to teach yourself what patience is or you'll go crazy. Votes: 0

Honestly, after doing a TV show for eight years and a cartoon for more than a decade, you are, financially speaking, in a very lucky position where you don't have to work for the sake of working. And I decided to take advantage of that. Votes: 0

I actually live a very mediocre lifestyle. So I decided to step back and do things not just for the sake of doing them, but because I believe in them and I want to do them. Votes: 0

I am not a person of nature. I love to think of myself as one, but I've never even gone camping. Votes: 0

I came to America when I was seven and a half in 91. I think the first full length book in English that I read was Return to Oz when I was nine years old. Votes: 0

I can't imagine loving somebody more than I love Wyatt [my son]. I can't. I just don't know how that's possible. Votes: 0

I come from television where I feel like I'm in people's living rooms every day so it's not crazy for me to think that like a ten year old would know, but, I don't know. Votes: 0

I commend women who wake up 30, 40 minutes early to put on eyeliner. I think it's beautiful. I'm just not that person. Votes: 0

I decided to do a comedy. It's a good mind-set to go into work and be happy every day instead of being in a dark place. Votes: 0

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think it exists. Votes: 0

I don't know what it's like to not work; my family embedded that in me. Votes: 0

I don't necessarily put on an act when I go on Jay Leno or dress differently in public than I do in private. I'd like to think I'm the same person, more or less. Votes: 0

I don't wear makeup. I don't wash my hair every day. It's not something that I associate with myself. Votes: 0

I feel like every role that you take there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. I don't know if perfect is the right word because I don't believe in perfection and I don't think it exists but I think striving to do something well is in every single part. Votes: 0

I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. Votes: 0

I grew up incredibly poor and went to school and had a very average upbringing. Votes: 0

I have a really sweet daughter. She wants to hug all the other kids. I didn't teach her to be sweet. It has nothing to do with me. Votes: 0

I have this odd tendency to be really sarcastic when I'm uncomfortable and I don't really know why but it just comes out and it's come out since I was a child. Votes: 0

I make myself laugh all the time. I think I'm really funny. I do. Votes: 0

I mean I think people prepared me for like a lot of green screen [in Oz the Great]. I didn't have a lot of green screen. They build most sets. When this castle was tangible, Emerald City was tangible, the forest, the woods was tangible, the cemetery, everything was there. Votes: 0

I showed sideboob. I don't need to show ass. You get one or the other. You don't get both. Votes: 0

I started teaching myself, taking a breath or a moment that's not overreacting or having an explosion. It made me such a better person. Let alone a better mother, but also just a better human. Votes: 0

I think all presidents should have teenage girls before they become presidents. If you can handle those hormones, you can handle anything. Votes: 0

I think it's important to just be a good, honest person and be true to who you are. Votes: 0

I think parenthood is just ripe for comedy. This just happens to be told from the perspective of women. Votes: 0

I think that certain things are funny and certain things are okay to make fun of - including myself. Votes: 0

I think that there are a lot of reasons to be insecure as an actress . . . But I don't really have a perception issue. I've been pretty good about being who I am in the public's eye. Votes: 0

I think that what kids watch now a days is different than what kids watch when I was young so I don't know. I think that it's up to the parents to decide. That's the truth. I'm not a parent. I have no idea, but I think some parents let a ten year old watch it and some parents wouldn't. Votes: 0

I think that you have to restrain yourself from googling your name and have other hobbies and desires and wants. You do a million things. You go to school, you write, you read, you blog. Votes: 0

I think the second you think that you're funny is when you stop being funny. Votes: 0

I think you can get away with so much more offensiveness when you're operating behind a stuffed teddy bear or a cartoon or something that's not real, because it's forgiven. It's like having a little kid in a movie curse - it's funny because it's not natural. Votes: 0

I very rarely get actually sad when ending a movie. Votes: 0

I was actually a pretty good student. My problem was that I didn't know what I wanted to study. Votes: 0

I was exhausted from fake partying. I was like, "I just danced for nine hours. Goodnight, ladies!" Votes: 0

I was never raised to think that I was pretty. It's not that I was raised to think I was unattractive, but it was just never something that was pointed out to me by my family. They would point out personality traits "” 'our daughter is really quirky' "” versus what I look like, because inevitably, looks go, so it makes no difference. Votes: 0

I was really good at saying no. I decided I was just going to say yes to any opportunity that came, no matter how crazy. And it changed my life. Votes: 0

I went to college because I felt like I was supposed to. I graduated from public high school and I did all the things that I was supposed to do. Votes: 0

I will say this, though, in regards to laundry. I'll say, "Do you need to wear a new pair of jeans every day?" We've worked on this for the past year and he [Ashton Kutcher] now doesn't need to wear a clean pair of jeans every day. My laundry has gotten cut down immensely. Votes: 0

I'd rather work to live than live to work. Votes: 0

If I could go back to my younger self, I'd be like, "Not everything's permanent." Votes: 0

If I'm not comfortable in my own skin or confident in who I am, then I'm going to pick parts based on how people are going to view them, not based on what I find challenging or entertaining. Votes: 0

If the bear were to make a racial comment, it would be more likely to get a laugh than if a person on stage were to make a racial comment. Votes: 0

If you imagine whipping your skin every day, that's what it does and it's a full prosthetic piece. Votes: 0

I'm not out there screaming that women are drinking bourbon, but I think it's a great beverage as an option. I've got nothing against drinking a Cosmo or Martini. It's not like one is judging the other. It's just delicious and slow and steady, and there's something about sipping a bourbon that to me is very relaxing. Votes: 0

I'm still a 'Star Trek' fan. You never stop being one. Votes: 0

I'm such an exposed and aware person. Votes: 0

I'm very lucky, I do have an amazing husband. Votes: 0

In a marriage, you and your partner come first. Votes: 0

In a marriage, you and your partner come first. And unless you and your partner are happy, that kid's never going to be happy. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter if you're play-pretending crying or play-pretending laughing, you're still play-pretending. Votes: 0

It is difficult because the school I go to, my friends do not attend. Votes: 0

It saddens me how much fear we've instilled in ourselves. Votes: 0

It took me five months to lose twenty pounds and it took me hours to gain it back. I mean it was magical how quickly it all happened. Going back to my poor eating habits after having really good eating habits my stomach was a little unsettled. Votes: 0

It'd be nice to just hear, "You did a great job." I don't say this from personal experience because I have an amazing husband who is an amazing father. I say this knowing he does it all the time. He's always great about saying, "You were amazing today." He does it without me having to ask for it and there's something so beautiful about not fishing for that compliment from your partner that gives you that much more of stability and confidence. Votes: 0

It's been the greatest gift that I've been given. Because no matter how much my parents have asked me to be more patient, no matter much my husband has asked me to be more patient, none of it mattered until I had a kid. And then all of sudden I was like, "Oh. I have to be more patient." They were all like, "Yeah! We've been telling you that for twenty years!" And I find it to be a gift. Every day I'm more patient. Votes: 0

It's fun to play somebody who has no boundaries or rules. There's no book you can read on how to play a witch, so you just create a version. It's really great! Votes: 0

I've always been a big proponent of not working for the sake of working, because I don't want to work for the rest of my life - I want to live. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to drive cross-country. Votes: 0

I've had that conversation! "You had a minute! Why didn't you do that?" So if husbands could read our minds that would be great. Votes: 0

I've only been a mom for not even two years yet, so I haven't had much of a chance. But boy do I wish I could have lunch with my girlfriends in the middle of the afternoon. I don't remember the last time I had lunch in the afternoon with my girlfriends. Votes: 0

I've spoken about this completely independent of this movie prior to ever being attached to this film that as a kid the first movie that I remember seeing that resonated with me was the Wizard of Oz. I think just visually the color, the spectrum of it and how fantastical it was and how much you wanted to live in that world, for a nine-year old was so magical and so grand so I have the greatest, fondest memories of it. Votes: 0

Mine doesn't even know there is laundry. It just magically gets done. Votes: 0

My dad worked - f - k if I know - seven jobs? He painted a house. He would deliver toilets. He drove a cab, delivered pizzas. Whatever he could do, he did. Votes: 0

My glass of wine and I are besties. Votes: 0

My goal in life is to enjoy what I do, and never to look back and say I wish I would have done that. Votes: 0

My nickname when I was young was Teddy, so people would call me Teddy Bear. Votes: 0

My parents' biggest thing was that they just wanted me to graduate high school and go to college. They couldn't fathom me acting for the rest of my life. Votes: 0

My parents went through hell and back. They came to America with suitcases and a family of seven and $250, and that's it. Votes: 0

Now a days, I don't think these things scare kids. I think that kids are so desensitized to violence and I don't mean this in a negative way what so ever, but, I just think it's the reality that I think that it's just all changing so I don't know. Votes: 0

People strive to achieve a certain form of perfection constantly and it's impossible because it's a form of opinion. I can think someone is pretty but the person next to me can think that they're unattractive. Votes: 0

Putting the makeup on, not a problem. Taking the makeup off, every night.... it makes your face swell. Votes: 0

The downfall of the industry is that there is a lot of pressure in it, a lot of rejection in it and a lot of competition in it. It's a whole mess. Votes: 0

The fact that there is no right or wrong is what I think is maddening. I can think you're a phenomenal actor, but the guy next door can think you're a horrible actor, and neither of us is wrong and neither of us is right. It's just a matter of opinion. Votes: 0

The green thing I don't think frightens kids. It frightened me when I was like little because I didn't have the internet and didn't have all these other things that were, you know, in front of me at all times and accessible. Votes: 0

There are things you fantasize about doing and saying, and then ultimately don't because it's illegal. Votes: 0

There might have been guys with enough cajones to send over a drink. If I was hit on today maybe I just don't know it. I told my friend that I never get hit on and he's like, "You're crazy!" But as far as I know, no, I've almost never been hit on. Votes: 0

They still put you in a room with these people who apparently have no difference whether you're making a family driven show or otherwise. But I do realize it's very sad to me. This is the first film [Oz The Great] that I've done that's not R rated. It's a really weird connection. Votes: 0

To your point earlier if a female movie does well they're like "Oohhhh! I can't believe it did well! Maybe the next one will do well, too." Votes: 0

What I do and who I am are two different things. And they always will be, Votes: 0

What made me feel empowered was the gun, not the clothes. Like if I had the gun, it didn't matter what your size was, what your stature was. Votes: 0

Whatever will happen will happen. Votes: 0

What's funny about my group of friends is that none of us ever went to the same school. None of us lived in the same part of town. Votes: 0

When gay people can get married, then I'll get married. Votes: 0

When it comes to picking parts, I do make an effort to choose parts that I want to do, and not necessarily parts someone else wants me to do, or parts that someone else is going to respond to. Votes: 0

When it's a comedy or drama or horror or romance, it's all the same. You want to be honest with the character. You want to play truthfully and you want to be genuine with your character. Votes: 0

When you do a four-camera sitcom, everything is a little schtickier. It's not necessarily that you pick up bad habits, but there is just a very specific way of acting that you fall into on those kinds of multicamera shows, and you have to break those habits when you go in to do other things. Votes: 0

Women get scrutinized all the time for the way they look. So if I can learn to deal with that, then I do believe I can learn to deal with people's criticisms of my film choices. Votes: 0

Women innately have this weird thing where they try to have a perfect persona - to look perfect, be perfect, act perfect, have their kids look a certain way. Women put so much pressure on themselves. Votes: 0

You always want to challenge yourself and work with people you respect. You can't always go by genres, but it's always fun to challenge yourself. Votes: 0

You can do a movie for Disney or not. People will still ask you inappropriate questions. So in order to answer it, do I feel like there's a difference in promoting it? Apparently not. Votes: 0

You can handle anything. Votes: 0

You can't get mad at a bear for being racist. You can't get mad at a bear for being offensive. It's not real. Votes: 0

You want baby daddy to be one step ahead of you. Which they can't be, so it's a weird thing to ask for. But I have. Votes: 0

Knowing who you are is confidence. Votes: 0

I never dated Wilmer Valderrama. I never dated Danny Masterson. They're like my brothers. That's disgusting. That's wrong. Votes: 0

There was a company that I did a photo shoot for once that manipulated the photo so much, I was like, "That's not even me." Like, what's the point? You wanted my name, and then you wanted the version of me that I'm not. I absolutely hate it. Votes: 0

I had such a great time doing commercials and things as a kid. My grandparents were on set with me all the time, and I loved that I got to hang out with them, so I will forever be grateful for that. But I just loved every minute of it. Votes: 0