Elle cover
Woodley appears
on the cover of April 2015 issue of Elle magazine. She talks about her upbringing, life, and love.
When you’re truly in love, for me, it’s…you’re my lighthouse! You’re somebody who holds me high, keeps me safe, you’ve got my f—kin’ back. You also love me whole, wild, and free. You let me do me, and I’m gonna let you do you! And I’ll be the home that you return to.
Glamour UK cover
Woodley appears on the cover of Glamour UK. Woodley discusses her views on sexuality and nudity after posing topless for the magazine.
I’m totally comfortable with nudity. I’m not sure it empowers me as an actress or anything, but if I’m going to do a movie with sex scenes, then I’m going to be naked, because I don’t know about you, but I don’t have sex with bras and panties on….Part of the reason I love Europe is that sexuality is no big deal there. You go to a topless beach and the dudes aren’t checking out your tits, because they’re just boobs. [In America] sex is something that’s not talked about – yet it’s in our faces more than anything else.
W cover
Woodley appears on one of seven covers of the February 2015 issue of W magazine.
Daily News interview
Woodley discusses growing up and sex scenes in her upcoming movie White Bird in a Blizzard and talks about her recent appearance on a Paris equivalent of The Tonight Show to publicize the movie:
They showed a clip where my character is in the bathroom and I take my top off. It’s on public television and that’s the clip they showed. When they showed it I was expecting the audience to react, but they were like, ‘Whatever. It’s just boobs.’
Hollywood Reporter interview
Woodley shares her thoughts on losing ones virginity in an interview with Hollywood Reporter while promoting her new film White Bird in a Blizzard. Woodley talks about how she tries to make the moment real for the viewer.
One of the things I have been very keen on in doing those scenes is that they feel real because, I don’t know about you, but I do not personally think losing your virginity is a fun experience. It’s not glamorous — for some people, I think it is, but it wasn’t for a lot of people on this planet — so for me, it was a matter of, if we’re gonna do a scene that deals with that, it’s not gonna be, ‘Her back arches and she gasps in excitement.’ No, no, it’s gonna be messy and it’s gonna be real.
Vanity Fair cover
Woodley appears on the cover of the July 2014 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. She talks about George Clooney, bigger issues, and being cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
For a few hours it was literally like, “Oh, my God, was I awful? Why did they cut me? What are people going to think?” I woke up the next morning and I was like, “O.K., it makes total sense.” I’m a pretty spiritual person, so I can just sit back and trust that everything happens for a reason, even if my ego doesn’t like it.
Women’s Health cover
Woodley appears on the cover of the July/August 2014 issue of Women’s Health magazine. She talks about where she finds her clothes, which actors she wants to kiss, and her hair.
I have really, really thick hair and it was extremely long. And then I thought about it and I was like, wow, this is so many years, and so many layers and so many lessons are in this hair and I am starting this new phase in my life as a woman in a way, and cutting my hair was a fun cleansing of like what could mean something new.
Shailene Woodley interview
Seacrest interviews Woodley during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions her about her role in the film The Fault in Our Stars.
You’re definitely laughing, you’re definitely crying. It’s really beautiful even to find that balance between grieving over the loss of someone and also celebrating life. Those are two things that often go hand-in-hand without us recognizing it or realizing it. And that’s one thing that I truly love about that story.
New York cover
Woodley and Larson appear on the cover of a June 2014 issue of New York magazine. They talk about being friends and Woodley talks about being compared to Jennifer Lawrence.
As women, we are constantly told that we need to compare ourselves to a girl in school, to our co-workers, to the images in a magazine. How is the world going to advance if we’re always comparing ourselves to others? I admire Jennifer Lawrence, but she’s everyone’s favorite person to compare me to. Is it because we both have short hair and a vagina? I see us as separate individuals. And that’s important. As women, our insecurities are based on all these comparisons. And that creates distress.
In Style cover
Woodley appears on the cover of the June 2014 issue of In Style magazine. She talks about living for herself, self-confidence, her generation, and dating.
I have zero expectations and zero rules. I’m open. I can’t see it being another actor, except that they understand this lifestyle. Hey I could fall in love with an Aussie and move to Australia. Who knows!
Time interview
Woodley is interviewed for Time and discusses whether she considers herself a feminist:
No because I love men, and I think the idea of ‘raise women to power, take the men away from the power’ is never going to work out because you need balance. With myself, I’m very in touch with my masculine side. And I’m 50 percent feminine and 50 percent masculine, same as I think a lot of us are.
New York Times interview
Woodley is interviewed for the New York Times about her passion for the role in The Fault In Our Stars, being a child actress, and life in Hollywood:
Everyone says to me, ‘What does it feel like to be part of the Hollywood life now?’ And I want to say, ‘It’s fabricated.’ None of it’s real. We all go to these events. We put on makeup and clothes that aren’t ours. We give them back at the end of the night, and then we go home and burp the same garlic burps as everyone else. You still have to do your laundry, and your dishes are everywhere. It’s just life.”
Divergent interview
Actors Woodley, James and director Neil Burger chat about their new film Divergent. Burger:
For me I didn’t feel like I was making a young adult film, I think the themes are interesting for everybody whether you’re 18, 28, 48 or whatever.
Marie Claire cover
Woodley appears on the cover of the April 2014 issue of Marie Claire magazine. She talks about being single, no longer being self-conscious, and her first kiss.
I was the latest bloomer there ever was. I was still playing with Barbies at 14 and didn’t have my first kiss until 15-and-a-half. He had big, beautiful lips, and I was like, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do with those.’
Teen Vogue cover
Woodley appears on the cover of the April 2014 issue of Teen Vogue magazine. She talks about hookups on the set of Divergent and shares advice she got from Jennifer Lawerence and George Clooney.
Doing an action movie is completely different from one based in reality. It’s much harder to act with a green screen than with another human being. There are so many special effects in this film, so it was really amazing to see how they turned out.
Daybreak interview
Woodley and James discuss their roles, stunts and preparing for the film Divergent. James:
You have to be careful that you don’t become that character in real life.
EW interview
Woodley is interviewed with James for Entertainment Weekly and talks about the physical aspects of training for the film and performing stunts, as well as what faction she would place herself in:
Dauntless, because I like to be challenged
If the leadership became corrupt:
I’d choose to be Factionless where I could just do anything
NPR interview
Woodley tells NPR that she doesn’t analyze scripts or look for her characters’ motivation when playing a role:
I don’t really work that way. For me, it’s about being fully present and actively listening to every single thing that’s going on around me and reacting to it. Because I feel the second I premeditate something, it’s going to feel premeditated.
Shailene Woodley interview
Seacrest interviews Woodley during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions her about her role in the film Divergent.
It’s complicated. There’s the idea it’s about a girl who switches factions and has to make a choice for herself and then deal with the consequences of her choices. But it also deals with warfare and it deals with one society taking over another society there are so many different themes and story-lines interwoven.
Moviefone Unscripted interview
Divergent cast members Teller, Woodley and James answer questions regarding their daily lives and new movie. James:
I do between a 1000 to 2000 push-ups a day.
