Betty Gilpin Quotes
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Both of my parents are actors, so I grew up backstage with them. I would see some of their shows 30, 40, 50 times. I would have it all memorized. I loved it.
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I try to cheat up. If I'm going to have something that's 'off the plan,' then I want it to be the best piece of bread or the most amazing ice cream.
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I grew up in a lot of stage managers' booths, memorizing the lines. I'm sure I was the most annoying child in existence.
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You would think that wrestling has so much to do with being aggressive and having a big ego, and it's exactly the opposite.
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Female friendship... I think you have friendships that come and go, and then there are ones that the girl becomes a part of your bones.
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When you're an actress - or just a woman - a lot of the exercise classes that are offered are so sort of male gaze-skewed. It's all working out for the beach and not for function at all.
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Everyone has a dormant wrestling character in them that is pretty easy to tap into.
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When I read what 'GLOW' was about, it just felt like something where I could make as many faces as I wanted, and it would totally make sense!
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I'm usually told to do a take where I do less with my face.
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There's nothing fake about flipping over and landing on your back.
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I'm like Elaine Stritch everywhere.
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I think every actor fantasizes about a show where you get to play several characters in one piece and not just Detective Bluestone asking what time you were at the station.
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I often feel like a character actress trapped inside the mean, aging Barbie's body.
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Nothing is more theater-based than wrestling. It's Greek-tragedy-level theater.
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The rule was I had to go to college, and I couldn't even go to theater camp.
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I won't name names, but sometimes a TV set can be a shame-and-fear obstacle course for an actress.
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I wasn't allowed to audition for anything professionally until I was - I guess I cheated a little bit and started when I was in college, but I graduated! Barely.
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'GLOW' is the first time I feel like I've been able to have a theatrical experience on the small screen: to really be able to marry the two. And I love it.
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I kept feeling like there were no parts for girl who want to play to the mezzanine.
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My original perception of wrestling was not a very positive one. I didn't understand it at all, and I thought it was kind of silly and ridiculous. But as I got to know it, it was sort of like how people used to talk about musicals, to me, when I was younger.
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If I'm brought the wrong order at a restaurant, I don't send it back, because I don't want the waiter to get mad at me.
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Being an actor, I've thought about being in the male gaze.
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Growing up, I was a self-loathing Igor who carried the queen's books. My job was to be the sarcastic sherpa, quietly providing the farce and adoration, then becoming part of the wall when cued.
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When I first thought about wrestling, I thought about it as this foreign thing that I would have so much trouble accessing, and then, day one of researching it, I was like, 'Oh, I know what this is! This is theater. This is playing pretend.' It was really easy to connect to.