“I know a lot of actresses who are very proud of the word 'actress' or ...” — Lily Gladstone Quote

I know a lot of actresses who are very proud of the word 'actress' or are very proud of being an actress. don't know, maybe it's just an overly semantic thing where I'm like, if there's not a 'director-ess,' then there shouldn't be actresses. There's no 'producer-ess,' there's no 'cinematographer-ess.'

Given the community that I come from and the structure of what's expected of you at every stage of your life, you are constantly a role model for the generation to step right behind you. I've always operated in this space of: 'There's somebody watching what I'm doing.'

I'm liking that when I'm now walking into generals and hearing about the scope of characters that are out there for Indigenous actors to play, so many of the pitches I'm hearing are coming from Indigenous creators - not people who are like consultants on the thing but are showrunners on the thing.

You conduct yourself a certain way when you know your younger cousins are watching what you're doing!

I didn't grow up overly privileged.

I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.

Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much.

I feel for the overly thin women as I do for the overweight women.

I didn't overly have friends in L.A. I would work and come home and watch television.