Alicia Silverstone

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Alicia was born on October 4, 1976 as Alicia Silverstone in San Francisco, California. She is 5' 5" [1.65 m] tall.

I saw Alicia in a movie called "Clueless." I went into that movie thinking that it was going to be "another teen movie." I was totally wrong, well, not totally. She does a great job acting the part and the story was not what I expected. If you haven't seen it, watch it when you have some free time. I think she could have continued that character style she played but ended up doing bad movies. She has the talent that we don't have. I wish they would get her into more TV and movie roles.

Factoids:

• Refuses to appear nude in any of her movies. She requires a body double in her place for nude scenes. Also, when starring in the stage version of "The Graduate," she insisted on wearing underwear for the famous nude-scene. The producers were forced to let her do this because, otherwise, she would have resigned from the show.
• Was offered the role of Valerie Malone, on "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990). Since it was the beginning of her career, Alicia turned it down, and Tiffani Thiessen got the role instead. [1994]
• Is a vegan.
• Parents are Scottish and English, her mother was born in Scotland but raised in England and her father was born in England.
• First commercial was for Domino's Pizza.
• Became legally emancipated at 15 in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of The Crush (1993)
• Was turned down for the lead in My Father the Hero (1994). They said she was too heavy for the part. The role went to Katherine Heigl.
• Attended San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California. She was a cheerleader.
• The Plain English Campaign awarded her the annual Foot in Mouth Award in 2000 for her 'baffling verbal statement', "I think that Clueless (1995) was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it is true lightness".
• She is an animal rights activist. During the filming of Clueless (1995), she adopted a raggedy old mutt, whom she found wandering the streets of Los Angeles. She named him "Samson," and kept him on the set.
• In answer to the question 'Is it true that you like to do gardening naked?' in the UK's 'Radio Times' magazine (22.5.04) she said, 'Yes, that is something that I enjoy doing. I don't know how you know about that but it's ... not untrue. It's just that if it's really hot and you're in LA, and you happen to be doing some gardening -- your clothes come off. I also like to swim naked and trampoline naked and do all those kind of things'.
• Went to William H. Crocker Middle School in Hillsborough, California.
• Got a surprise grab-and-smooch by Jim Carrey at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards when she presented the Best Comedic Performance award to Carrey. Carrey apologized to her backstage after realizing that she felt very humiliated.
• Was Bat Mitzvahed at Temple Beth Jacob in Redwood City, California.
• Speaks French fluently.
• Is widely credited for popularizing navel piercing due to her prominent role in the Aerosmith music video, "Cryin", where her rebellious character gets her navel pierced. The piercing shown in the video did happen on set.
• Is good friends with Alanis Morissette.

Personal Quotes

• "I don't feel like a dream girl, but I think it's really nice. I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention in my real life. Because in my real life, I'm this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog."
• "I hate people to call me 'that Aerosmith chick!'"
• I think that Clueless (1995) was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness.
• "My boyfriend calls me 'princess', but I think of myself more along the lines of 'monkey' and 'retard'".
• Some days I wake up and think 'what's wrong' and I'd realize it's nothing other than waking up in a not so great a mood. Generally I feel good though. I go to yoga, I feel great. I love to wake up on Sundays - just hang out with the dogs.
• "My parents taught me about other cultures. I spent time in Africa, Cuba, Europe, Jamaica, the Amazon and that was nothing to do with work."
• "To be put in a position at 15 where people are saying how sexy you are is really awkward, so I did all I could to try and diffuse that. It's only now that I've started to feel like I've become a lady."
• "I'm not obsessed with being in the public eye. It's not my job to impress people - I'm really just a working actress and I like to pick projects and do things that really inspire me."
• "I think people that genuinely do good are great people. And I don't think, "Oh, there must be something wrong with them". I think that there's something wrong with the people who aren't doing good."
• Everything you do in the name of the environment not only saves your health, it saves your soul.

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