Rose McGowan Quotes

"I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake"

"I am going to be pretty kick ass by the time I`m thirty, and I can`t wait!!"

"You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I`m certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don`t get brain-damaged before I get there."

"Hollywood is all about making an entrance. I don`t want to be a walking advertisement for anyone other than myself."

"I always thought I was more satanic than Manson." ( Discussing the sinister reputation of her ex-fiancé Marilyn Manson.)

"I feel people have tried to stamp out what is special about me. Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?"

"It`s my job to spread deviance to the American youth."

"I`m a pussycat unless you do something to one of my friends. Then I`ll think of unique ways to get back at you. I`m more creative than your average bear."

"When I lived in Europe, I was usually pretty exalted for the way I looked. I had minions who would run and get me candy...But when I moved to Oregon and entered my goth phase with spiky black hair, kids threw things at me."

I don`t believe in rules. I would be happy to be climbing a pyramid when I`m 70. And I know I will be.

"I want to live in Paris. I want to learn to ice-skate and to box. I want to get a degree in Egyptology. I would like to not have to say "Like, oh my God!" in any movies. I would like to have a day go by without people screaming various obscenities about body parts. I`d like to still have Bug and Fester, my Boston terriers. I think I`d like to be with my boyfriend, except (laughs) I`m pretty commitment-shy. I`d like to please my father, who used to be in the Children of God, and do at least one more "porno" film - which is what he called The Doom Generation. I`d like to start some sort of counselling program for girls - when I was that age I was always told that I was gonna burn in hell. I would like to lose the guilt I have for compulsive spending. I would like to stop being addicted to diet hot chocolate."

"I`m a fan of pink, I`m a fan of high-heeled shoes and I`m a fan of strange-looking dogs, so this hits all the notes for me." (at the Legally Blonde 2 premiere)

I don`t really care how people view me particularly. It`s not really any of my business because everyone is going to have their own opinion and if I started thinking about what everyone else thought of me, I`d go crazy.

"I think women look better with a little more weight on them. Being super thin makes you look haggard."

"People thought (I was wild) because of who I was with (Manson). In reality I`ve been home baking cupcakes."

"I`ve always admitted it: I`m a man with really nice breasts - I`m so guilty of doing every single male thing. Not calling, not showing up, leaving at four in the morning."

"I still say I can do whatever I want as long as I`m not hurting anybody else. I don`t understand why more people aren`t like that."

"If one person starts crying, I`ll cry. If one person has no money, I`ll give them mine. If I had a bicycle growing up, I always felt incredibly guilty when I see someone sitting at the bus stop."

"I know I am kind and I have fun and if I sat there and worried about what everybody else thought of me my brain would be very crowded."

I want to live in Paris. I want to learn to ice-skate and to box. I want to get a degree in Egyptology. I would like to not have to say Like, oh my God!" in any movies. I would like to have a day go by without people screaming various obscenities about body parts. I`d like to still have Bug and Fester, my Boston terriers. I think I`d like to be with my boyfriend, except (laughs) I`m pretty commitment-shy. I`d like to please my father, who used to be in the Children of God, and do at least one more "porno" film - which is what he called The Doom Generation. I`d like to start some sort of counselling program for girls - when I was that age I was always told that I was gonna burn in hell. I would like to lose the guilt I have for compulsive spending. I would like to stop being addicted to diet hot chocolate."

I was with somebody else at the time, who I left - one, because I didn`t really want to be with that person, and two, because I felt I`d had so much tragedy I needed to go off, go crazy, and maybe live on the outside for a while.

I have great luck. I`m used to people dying and going away. Not used to it exactly - but I expect it. Like, whenever people go off on a trip, I save their phone messages because I think they might die.

It wasn`t that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn`t want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.

I was supposed to be the belle of the ball, but I only lasted a day there and then, on January 29, my best friend committed suicide.

If one person starts crying, I`ll cry. If one person has no money, I`ll give them mine. If I had a bicycle growing up, I always felt incredibly guilty when I see someone sitting at the bus stop.

When I lived in Europe, I was usually pretty exalted for the way I looked. I had minions who would run and get me candy...But when I moved to Oregon and entered my goth phase with spiky black hair, kids threw things at me.

I am going to be pretty kick ass by the time I`m thirty, and I can`t wait!!

I think women look better with a little more weight on them. Being super thin makes you look haggard.

I feel people have tried to stamp out what is special about me. Why should I downplay myself to make someone else more comfortable?

I`ve always admitted it: I`m a man with really nice breasts - I`m so guilty of doing every single male thing. Not calling, not showing up, leaving at four in the morning.

They`re definitely having their moment now because they know how to work the system, and I know I have to be that way, too, in order to succeed. But it`s never been more frustrating for me.

You have to work to carve out your own little corner, and I`m certainly smacking my head against the wall trying to make a dent. I just hope I don`t get brain-damaged before I get there.

I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake

There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it`s like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there`s a certain energy that attracts that.

Hollywood is all about making an entrance. I don`t want to be a walking advertisement for anyone other than myself.

I always thought I was more satanic than Manson. ( Discussing the sinister reputation of her ex-fiancé Marilyn Manson.)

I don`t really care how people view me particularly. It`s not really any of my business because everyone is going to have their own opinion and if I started thinking about what everyone else thought of me, I`d go crazy.

It`s not only reduced a lot of the ups and downs that come with this lifestyle, but it`s instilled a really strong work ethic in me.

I think I ran so hard and so fast, in a lot of ways, from my life and I kind of took a fall. It was like - what do they call it? - post-traumatic stress syndrome.

I realized a career is built as much on what you don`t do as what you do do.

I don`t believe in rules. I would be happy to be climbing a pyramid when I`m 70. And I know I will be.

I`ve seen many actors go awry by making the wrong choices early on.

People thought (I was wild) because of who I was with (Manson). In reality I`ve been home baking cupcakes.

I still say I can do whatever I want as long as I`m not hurting anybody else. I don`t understand why more people aren`t like that.

I know I am kind and I have fun and if I sat there and worried about what everybody else thought of me my brain would be very crowded.

I was up watching Meet Joe Black at four AM. I was hoping Brad Pitt would die, and he was still alive at seven forty in the morning! I actually felt sorry for once, for critics.

I`m a fan of pink, I`m a fan of high-heeled shoes and I`m a fan of strange-looking dogs, so this hits all the notes for me. (at the Legally Blonde 2 premiere)