Neve Campbell

Birthday: 3 October 1973, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name: Neve Adrianne Campbell

Height: 166 cm

Neve Campbell was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, to Marnie (Neve), a Dutch-born psychologist and yoga instructor (from Amsterdam), and Gerry Campbell, a Scottish-born teacher (from Glasgow). Campbell first came to our TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five (1994). Described as TV's most believable teenager, her first major film role came in the form of innocent victim "Sidney Prescott" in Scream (1996), the film which re-defined the slasher genre.Many film offers came her way but, as she was filming Party of Five (1994) for nine months of the year, the filming schedules often clashed. So in 2000, she announced that she was to leave the award winning show to concentrate on a film career.Spreading through many genres, her film credits to date include the romantic comedy Three to Tango (1999) alongside Matthew Perry and the erotic thriller Wild Things (1998) with Denise Richards and Matt Dillon, though she has turned to a more art house approach with the critically acclaimed Panic (2000) and, more recently, Last Call (2002), both directed by Henry Bromell.She is an animal lover and describes herself as having a dry, often offensive sense of humor. Show less «

Classical ballet is physically challenging. You don't have any control over your career. You have to...Show more »

Classical ballet is physically challenging. You don't have any control over your career. You have to take instruction. You can't talk back. You can't have an opinion. You have to have great discipline and endurance. You have to tolerate pain. If you don't make it within a five-year period after training, you won't get into a company. You can't do it after you turn 35, because your body hurts so much. If you do ballet, you have to do it all day, every day. Show less «

[on Wild Things (1998)] We had to be very professional. It was us sitting down and saying, "What are...Show more »

[on Wild Things (1998)] We had to be very professional. It was us sitting down and saying, "What are you comfortable with? What are you not comfortable with? What are your boundaries?" Show less «

(On her dance injuries): "I have got arthritis in my neck and my hips. I have had surgery on my feet...Show more »

(On her dance injuries): "I have got arthritis in my neck and my hips. I have had surgery on my feet. I have had snapping hip syndrome, tendonitis, shin splints, bursitis... I have had almost every injury imaginable." Show less «

(Asked "Was she injured during the filming of The Company (2003)): "I broke my rib three days before...Show more »

(Asked "Was she injured during the filming of The Company (2003)): "I broke my rib three days before going to Chicago. I did the training for four and a half months getting ready to go and three days before I went, when I was really nervous to join the company and see where I stood, I broke my rib. We were learning "Funny Valentine" and because we were learning from the tape, we were doing one of the lifts wrong. He lifted me from under my ribs. So then I had to go and do it with a broken rib". Show less «

TS has really taught me a lesson about judging people who are different. Now when I see somebody do ...Show more »

TS has really taught me a lesson about judging people who are different. Now when I see somebody do or say something I don't understand, I try to look beyound appearances and ask myself what makes that person tick - no pun intended. Think about it: When you keep an open mind about things that seem unusual or strange, all sorts of new understanding come to you. The world gets bigger, and so do you. ["Celebrity Diary", Teen People Magazine, April 2000] Show less «

[on if she would return for a "Scream" film if her character was to be killed off]: Sure I would! If...Show more »

[on if she would return for a "Scream" film if her character was to be killed off]: Sure I would! If it's a really good film and good fun and great for the story, why not? Show less «

[on Hollywood favoring sequels and remakes/reboots instead of new material]: We're going back to ver...Show more »

[on Hollywood favoring sequels and remakes/reboots instead of new material]: We're going back to versions of movies that were only out a short while ago. There are sequels and all theses prequels to all the sequels. It's a terrible situation, it truly is. It makes me sad because there are so many great stories out there waiting to be told.Every single comic, every single book is made into a film. Do you know an author pitching a book nowadays is asked to consider whether there's a possibility of making a film from it? So films are even limiting the kinds of books we'll be able to read. Show less «

(If she could change one feature about her, what would it be?): "I have the ugliest feet in the worl...Show more »

(If she could change one feature about her, what would it be?): "I have the ugliest feet in the world. But even if I didn't dance, they would still be ugly. My toes are too big!" Show less «

[on returning to the "Scream" series after so 11 years and how much of a challenge it was]: As an ac...Show more »

[on returning to the "Scream" series after so 11 years and how much of a challenge it was]: As an actor, I think the worst you can do is practice faces in the mirror. It's not that challenging, to be honest. I've been doing this character for 15 years and they're great films and, if I can imagine what she's going through, it's not a challenge to figure out how to play it. Show less «

[on her favorite death scenes from the "Scream" series]: It's really chilling that people think it's...Show more »

[on her favorite death scenes from the "Scream" series]: It's really chilling that people think it's fun that she's dying [on Jada Pinkett Smith in Scream 2 (1997)]. And just for gross fun, Tatum [Rose McGowan] in the garage [in the first "Scream"]. Show less «

(On pointe work in ballet): "You'd better love it, or there's absolutely no point. Unless, of course...Show more »

(On pointe work in ballet): "You'd better love it, or there's absolutely no point. Unless, of course, you're a complete masochist." Show less «

[on Scream 4 (2011)]: I was definitely apprehensive because we'd decided ten years ago that maybe we...Show more »

[on Scream 4 (2011)]: I was definitely apprehensive because we'd decided ten years ago that maybe we should stop there. But ten years later, it suddenly seemed like something that might be worth revisiting.For me, it was a matter of heading Kevin's ideas. I thought his pitch and his concept were really good. As usual, he's really smart, and that made my decision.... I felt we'd done such a good trilogy we shouldn't push our luck. Then Kevin pitched me his idea and I thought, 'This could actually be really great'. I knew it would be fun to see everyone again. Show less «

[on Scream 4 (2011)]: What I loved about the movie was the fact that we brought it to a new generati...Show more »

[on Scream 4 (2011)]: What I loved about the movie was the fact that we brought it to a new generation. You know, 11 years later, things have changed a great deal with social networking, multimedia, reality television and how people relate to fame and fortune now and YouTube and all of that ... it adds something to these films that hadn't been in there before and keeps it fresh and up to date. Show less «

[on being compared to or included with other 'Final Girl' characters in the horror genre like Laurie...Show more »

[on being compared to or included with other 'Final Girl' characters in the horror genre like Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978) and Nancy Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)]: She was used as a tool within the first film in that she's the eyes of the audience and people are constantly following Sidney's character throughout these films and experience the films through her eyes in some way. Also, I think, the fact that she's always been less of a victim. She's much less the victim in this film. But even in the first one, although she was young and terrified with what she was going through, she became somewhat of a fighter. Show less «

I'm always sad I left dance. I'm just in my element when I'm in the dance world. I'm so much more co...Show more »

I'm always sad I left dance. I'm just in my element when I'm in the dance world. I'm so much more content in my heart when I'm sitting on a dance floor in a studio. It sounds so cheesy but it's just my home, it's where I grew up, I've been doing it since I was 6. It makes so much more sense to me than anything else I do. Show less «

("What was the most diificult time of her life?"): Probably when I was at the National Ballet School...Show more »

("What was the most diificult time of her life?"): Probably when I was at the National Ballet School of Canada, from the ages of nine to fourteen. It's the best dance school in the world, but an extremely competitive one, and there was a lot of pressure for a child. It had an extremely back-stabbing mentality, and there was a lot of favoritism. I wanted to be there because I wanted to be a dancer. I love to dance, and that was my dream. When you're in that school, it means you've beaten out two thousand people to get there, so you're not exactly gonna quit. But I did, at fourteen, because I basically had a nervous breakdown--I wouldn't have been able to function had I stayed there. It was a huge decision. But I'd just about given up on my dream of being a dancer and realized that I'd completely lost myself and had no friends and was very unhappy in my life and couldn't have continued if I'd stayed there. Show less «

When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that...Show more »

When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive. Show less «

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