Eliza Coupe Quotes

This question: 'How do I deal with a bully without becoming a thug in return?' has been with me ever since I was a child.

Definitely, I got a reputation growing up playing on the guys' hockey teams. The guys knew how tough I was because I played with them. I got quite a good reputation for beating up boys going up through school.

Most of my good friends have fights with me. Those guys know that I was in martial arts for 12 years fighting on the circuit.

I started boxing one day a week to experience aggression, which has been really interesting.

My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O'Reilly is kind of a bully, and he's the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground. And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, 'Teacher, sue him.'

I saw a hockey game where they threw the puck aside and just started fighting. I saw that, and I'm like, 'So I'm the thug?'

My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I'm so small and I take on people who are lager than me. If someone punched me, I'd get my drummer beat them up.

I never fought in my life outside of a ring.

We need to do something about the culture of violence.

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.

It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far.

I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons and I got quite bored. My teacher was obviously bored giving me lessons, and one day I offered him a liquorice toffee, but he didn't answer. So I threw it at him, it hit him in the face, and he sort of beat me up.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

I never really called people out. It was more along the lines of teasing a person. It started for me in fifth grade on the basketball court.

Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.

I went home one night and told my dad that an older kid was picking on me. My Dad, a Korean War vet and a Chicago cop for 30 years, told me, 'You better pick up a brick and hit him in the head.' That's when I thought, 'Wow, I'm going to have to start dealing with things in a different way.'

People's behavior is not always changed based on a loss. I remember my dad or my uncle used to say, 'If that guy's picking on you, punch him once in the face, and he'll never come back again.' I don't know how true that is.

I've been slashed, speared, elbowed, board-checked, butt-ended, and hit on the head as much as anyone. I just like to keep the ledger balanced.

Athletics are not my wheelhouse because sports were mean to this uncoordinated kid growing up, a 6-foot-2 14-year-old who never could do a layup.

I was the ultimate tomboy because my oldest brother used to always beat up on me and wrestle and make sure I was engaged in sports, because I was his excuse to be able to go hang out with his friends.

I don't need to hit people in order to play good football. I'm not a boxer after all.