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The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.
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Actors should ACT. Not sell perfume, or write cookbooks.
Lauren Graham
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As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.
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It's also show business. It's not "show fun friends".
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I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.
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Maybe I should sit. Plenty of people use sitting as a way to pass the time.
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I was always torn between wanting whatever I pictured as a typical high school experience and that being just a part I wanted to play. I've written about this, but one of those typical high school experiences was drill team. Like, I just really wanted to wear a uniform and get on the bus and be part of this group. As an only child, the idea of blending in - and literally everyone being in sync and not standing out at all - felt like kind of a fun family thing.
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Getting anywhere you want is hard work. In this photography culture, everything looks so amazing. But it's actually very hard to get to where anybody gets.
Lauren Graham
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I must work harder to achieve my goal of not seeking approval from those whose approval I'm not even sure is important to me.
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The best you can hope for is a great collaborator.
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It's core to my beliefs now: Sometimes in being given a challenge, you're actually being given a real opportunity, and a lot of that is how you handle it. Do you feel sorry for yourself or do you think, All right! I'll see what I can make out of this? I've had that over and over. If I hang out in the disappointment, I'll just be disappointed all the time.
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All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline.
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If you do have something you love to do, the fun part of the job is no different than what was fun about doing it in high school for no money. I thought there would be some greater reward in succeeding.
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I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending.
Lauren Graham
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I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.
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I could never have predicted the invention of streaming, the rerelease of the show Gilmore Girls on Netflix, and that people still wanted to hear about it. I do love how we came back to it, but it was never up to me. It won't be up to me this time, either. If it ended there, I would be sad, but I also like what we did.
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The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.
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None of my characters have really had jobs.
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I came from a Sorkin-like project in the sense that there was no freedom to change a line, which, in a weird way, is its own freedom because you're living within that structure and know this is what it is. You just adjust. Every project has its own personality.
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I personally was driven to be an actor for the love of telling a story. It was very closely linked to being a reader as a kid and being transported by literature and art. It had nothing – zero – to do with anything resembling fame.
Lauren Graham
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Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans.
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I have to introduce the part of me that feels like a winner to the part of me convinced I’m a loser, and see if they can’t agree to exist somewhere closer to the middle.
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Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
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I've spent a lot of time wondering, What's going to happen? What's going to happen? I try not to allow myself to do that much anymore. I think ive gotten more comfortable with the unknown.
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