Krysten Ritter Quotes
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I think backstory is really important to know because I'm all about prep work. I like to do all of my work right away, as soon as I get it. I'm incapable of procrastinating on anything, so I like to do all of the work.
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Jessica Jones is such a great part, and I do serious work on it. I feel really creatively fulfilled.
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I think that the more comfortable and the more you rehearse - granted, I don't like to take the air out of a tire; there is a fine line - but I think the freer you are with your dialogue, for example, the more open you are to a good idea walking up to you.
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For me, rehearsal is very important, and I spend a lot of time doing it. Also, I work with my acting teacher for hours and hours before walking onto any set.
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Sometimes, as an actor - and I've witnessed this with other actors that I've worked with - you don't realize that it's not all about the actor.
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Marvel has, like, 9,000 characters. They could do a horror movie tomorrow and call it Marvel. They can do anything.
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I'm sort of missing that part of my brain where I look at anything as a challenge. I always have.
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With 'Jessica Jones,' I'm in almost every frame of the show.
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I'm a weirdo. I don't leave the house unless I have to.
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I've always been very positive and very resilient.
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My favorite part of 'Jessica Jones' is... all of it.
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Different is good. Different is great!
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My favorite acting books are Stella Adler's 'The Art of Acting' and 'Sanford Meisner on Acting.'
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I've been bouncing around from comedy to drama and TV and film.
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I'm currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league, it's all about the swagger. If you have confidence, you can get pretty much any girl.
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The thing about Netflix is that you get more minutes in your episode because there are no commercial breaks. You have time to let things breathe and be quiet. You get to see an entire scene play out instead of just jumping halfway in.
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I feel really fortunate that I've been given a lot of roles that were very different from each other. For me, variety is the key. I don't want to play the same thing over and over again.
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It's rare to get a part in a show that's greenlit, let alone two shows that have been greenlit.
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I kept telling people, 'I really want to do something like 'Breaking Bad,'' and then people would remind me, 'Krysten, you were on 'Breaking Bad!''
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I am sarcastic and dry, but I also have a pretty huge zest for life.
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I try to bring myself to every role. The last thing you want to seem like to other people is a talking head or an actor reading lines.
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I never imagined myself playing a superhero because I don't see myself the way superheroes have been portrayed or shown to me my entire life.
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When I was 15, I was scouted at the mall by Elite Model Management. I started to go to New York on the bus in high school, which was about four hours door-to-door from my hometown, until I moved to New York and lived in models' apartments all over.
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A lot of actresses start out modeling because it's a great way to sort of get your foot in the door. That's all it is, though. They open the door, and you have to walk through it.