Eliza Dushku is an actress who has starred in several television shows and movies over the years. On December 30, 1980, she was born to Armenian-American parents – Michael Dushku and Diane Ternus. The family moved around quite a bit when Eliza was young because her father worked for the United Nations as an environmental engineer.
They lived in several different countries, including Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sudan, Thailand, and India, before settling down in Watertown, Massachusetts, where Eliza attended high school with “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” star Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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Best & Famous Eliza Dushku Quotes
“Growing up I was as big a tomboy as you can get.” — Eliza Dushku
“Go Big, or Go Home.” — Eliza Dushku
“No matter how many times you forget it, you can turn around and help someone. Or you can deliver a positive message or share with someone or just listen to someone share their story with you, it’s just the best gift there is. And it’s free.” — Eliza Dushku
“I joined the Twitterverse in the second season of ‘Dollhouse.’ Friends that I admire were already in that space, like Kevin Smith.” — Eliza Dushku
“I don’t let guys do hickeys. That’s like a dog marking his territory or something.” — Eliza Dushku
“TV can be a long commitment.” — Eliza Dushku
“You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you’ll ever meet.” — Eliza Dushku
“I remember having a Mike Tyson T-shirt back in the day that I used to sleep in. And there some things that Tyson did along the way that I wasn’t too psyched to associate myself with. But back in the day, just as a fighter, what a dream that was to watch and root for him.” — Eliza Dushku
“I’m self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind.” — Eliza Dushku
“The letters from jail are always disconcerting.” — Eliza Dushku
“After I graduated high school and came out to do ‘Buffy,’ I was enrolled at my mom’s university, and I was going to go get a real job. I never thought of acting and never really wanted to be an actor.” — Eliza Dushku
“I have been doing this since I was 10 years old. It wasn’t like I was an overnight hit. I think when that happens to some actors – they just don’t know what to do with themselves. You don’t know how to cope with friends and all of a sudden not being able to go out. It’s such a shock to your system.” — Eliza Dushku
“I love leather and it’s great to be a bad girl at times. But there is a time and place for everything. When I’m with Grandma it’s flowers, and when I’m out on the town scoping guys, you know…” — Eliza Dushku
“Rhymes with push-koo; I always say it sounds like a breakfast cereal.” — Eliza Dushku
“Go big or go home. Because it’s true. What do you have to lose?” — Eliza Dushku
“I receive really powerful personal letters. I think that always takes the cake. It blows me away … some of the comments. Someone will come and I sense their whole tone and energy when they’re handing me this letter.” — Eliza Dushku
“My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She’s a professor in Boston, and she’s been teaching women’s studies for 30 years and international politics.” — Eliza Dushku
“You know, I really am probably one of the sweetest, most sensitive people you’ll ever meet.” — Eliza Dushku
“I like to have one night on the weekend where I can just cuddle up at my house.” — Eliza Dushku
“I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom.” — Eliza Dushku
“It’s still a pretty sexist world out there and someone’s got to stand up and say something.” — Eliza Dushku
“I don’t care who you are, everyone has been through it – that feeling where you’d like to be someone else.” — Eliza Dushku
“There are a lot of actresses out there who are the girl next door. I relate more to characters who have an edge.” — Eliza Dushku
“Sometimes it feels like you’re losing, but even when you’re losing, you’re getting something.” — Eliza Dushku
“I really admire the way the fans have joined me in social justice endeavours and the charitable work that I’ve been involved in. We’ve raised over $100,000 on Twitter for our non-profit in Uganda.” — Eliza Dushku
“I literally remember when I made my audition tape for ‘Buffy’. I went to the Arsenal Mall. I got my outfit at Contempo Casuals in the Arsenal Mall and put some safety pins in my jeans. I remember telling whoever the clerk was that I was making a tape for ‘Buffy’, and they were so excited.” — Eliza Dushku
“I love the physical roles. I have the utmost respect for stunt people and stunt doubles, but I like to do as much as I possibly can with what’s become some pretty significant training.” — Eliza Dushku
“Each year, I say I’m going to go to school next year. It’s inevitable that I’ll end up getting my education.” — Eliza Dushku
“I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me.” — Eliza Dushku
“I’m self-confident and not afraid to speak my mind.” — Eliza Dushku
“When I’m shooting, I just try to make sure I wouldn’t be embarrassed of it later, because in Watertown, you don’t get away with anything.” — Eliza Dushku
“My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death.” — Eliza Dushku
“I love leather and it’s great to be a bad girl at times. But there is a time and place for everything. When I’m with Grandma it’s flowers, and when I’m out on the town scoping guys, you know ….” — Eliza Dushku
“My mom grew up in Idaho, went to Brigham Young University: they’re very Molly Mormon. And my father is, like, first generation Albanian, and his parents lived in Southey and grew up in downtown Boston. My parents are complete opposites.” — Eliza Dushku
“My mother would take groups of students to different countries and always brought us along, so by the time I was 10, I had been to Russia, China, Nicaragua and several other countries.” — Eliza Dushku
“I remember hitting Sarah Michelle Gellar with a right hook during my first week on the job. It was awful. They usually pair actors with stunt doubles to avoid things like that.” — Eliza Dushku
“My parents divorced when I was born, and my mother is a political science professor, like a feminist Mormon, which is sort of an oxymoron.” — Eliza Dushku
“We didn’t have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they’d come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events.” — Eliza Dushku
“I’m a more mature actress now.” — Eliza Dushku
“When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in ‘True Lies’, she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus.” — Eliza Dushku
“It’s easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you’ve been told not to do, and you don’t have to deal with the consequences, because it’s only acting.” — Eliza Dushku
“Each year, I say I’m going to go to school next year. It’s inevitable that I’ll end up getting my education.” — Eliza Dushku
. “For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys’ clothes, played tag football.” — Eliza Dushku
“Usually, when you do video games, you don’t interact with the other actors. You each record your audio on different days, and you never really meet the other characters.” — Eliza Dushku
“I don’t care who you are, everyone has been through it – that feeling where you’d like to be someone else.” — Eliza Dushku
. “It’s easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you’ve been told not to do, and you don’t have to deal with the consequences, because it’s only acting.” — Eliza Dushku
“I cannot watch my own dailies, ever. I’m my worst critic. It distracts me. I can watch it when it’s done, but I’m not the girl that wants to run back and look at the performance.” — Eliza Dushku
“If I wasn’t doing this, I’d be in school studying political science or socioeconomic something. I love visiting different cultures and finding out how they make up a society.” — Eliza Dushku
“In my first movie, That Night, with Juliette Lewis, I had a scene with two other girls where we applied a cream to our chests to make our breasts grow. I was 10.” — Eliza Dushku
“There is definitely something sexy about a girl with an attitude and a pair of leather pants.” — Eliza Dushku
“I have nieces and nephews that I love hanging out with, and they think I’m the biggest goof on the planet.” — Eliza Dushku
“Well, when I moved to LA at 17, I had just come out of high school. I grew up and went to public school in Boston.” — Eliza Dushku
“I don’t let guys do hickeys. That’s like a dog marking his territory or something.” — Eliza Dushku
“No matter how many times you forget it, you can turn around and help someone. Or you can deliver a positive message or share with someone or just listen to someone share their story with you, it’s just the best gift there is. And it’s free.” — Eliza Dushku
“It’s still a pretty sexist world out there and someone’s got to stand up and say something.” — Eliza Dushku
“When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies, she told me, you need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus.” — Eliza Dushku
“Sometimes it feels like you’re losing, but even when you’re losing, you’re getting something.” — Eliza Dushku
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