Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Mischa Barton.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Mischa Anne Marsden Barton is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's Slavs! and took the lead in James Lapine's Twelve Dreams at New York City's Lincoln Center. She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the American soap opera All My Children (1996), and voicing a character on the Nickelodeon cartoon series KaBlam! (1996–97). Her first major film role was as the protagonist of Lawn Dogs (1997), a drama co-starring Sam Rockwell. She appeared in major pictures such as the romantic comedy Notting Hill (1999) and M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller The Sixth Sense (1999). She also starred in the indie crime drama Pups (1999).
Keep your head on your shoulders - even when you think your head is on your shoulders, sometimes it isn't!
I don't mind nudity; I just don't do it often.
The only way to be happy and be a more enjoyable person to be around is to embrace what you've got. Everyone has issues about their body, but I feel confident now. I'm healthy and happy.
I'm still getting used to changing earrings - It still feels really weird to be pushing bits of metal through holes in my earlobes that weren't there a few weeks back, and actually seeing and feeling the holes in my lobes is still a bit freaky.
I think reality TV is a little tougher for me than I thought it would be.
I feel very at home in London for some reason.
I like guys who are confident but not cocky, who are comfortable with themselves, and who know what they want.
I love to draw people's faces. I do that all the time.
I just really love hanging out with really old people. They're the best dinner dates you could ever have. All that life experience and understanding.
I like playing dark, offbeat, quirky characters.
I love being hands-on.
It's very flattering, I guess, to be considered so popular at a young age. It's kinda cool.
I kind of live under a rock, to be honest. I very much stay in my little film world.
I know I'm never going to be a professional ballroom dancer.
I was 17 years old and fresh out of high school in New York when I got cast on 'The O.C.' It was a huge time in my life and I'm grateful for it.
If you're not being yourself, it shows immediately. The camera doesn't lie.
I'm always into rock n' roll and indie rock.
I have a career, I worked so hard for it.
I like being understatedly sexy.
Before 'The OC,' I was on track to do some great films... and one thing happens, and then I got this mega-stardom all from this show.
People are fascinated by me and always have been, and I have no clue why.
Throughout my career, people have totally confused 'Laguna Beach' and 'The O.C.' I think, in people's minds, it all kind of got blurred over time.
My most ideal date would be something spontaneous, probably a concert, where there's good music and we can talk and hang out.
It's really weird when people scrutinize every little thing about you and talk about your outfits and your weight and who you're dating... and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
Modeling is just one of those things that goes along with acting. When it's offered, it's hard to say no, because it's fun.
I get bored with working out, so I'm more into playing sports like soccer and basketball.
Pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It's like, 'She's pretty and thin and she's got to have problems. She's messed up.'
I do intelligent roles. I don't want to be labeled as doing silly movies. I'm more mature than kids my age because I'm constantly surrounded by adults.
I'm into 'Girls.' I'm into 'Vinyl,' a little bit.
It kind of irritates me that I'm seen as this pretty face. People also say I'm too thin. The truth is pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas.
Every woman has cellulite. I've never claimed to have a perfect body.
I moved to Europe and was able to take time and really explore who I was and who I wanted to be. I needed that time for myself to really do that self-exploration and get back in touch with my roots.
There's been times I've thought, 'I don't want to be an actress forever,' and there are times when I feel I can't live without it because I love it so much.
I just love to be able to be in control of my life.
I'm not really sure what people's preconceived notions are. I don't look at the gossip websites - it's unhealthy and I think it's a large part of what drives people in L.A. crazy.
I just like to be seen for the hard-working actress that I am and not for a bunch of extraneous press.
Pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas.
There are some things I like about L.A. You can have a really healthy lifestyle, and I love running with the dogs on the beach. It's just the social scene is horrific!
Paris Hilton isn't my rival. I met her one or two times and she's making out there's this big rivalry between us and there so isn't.