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I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be anyone in particular; I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines, or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags, or go out with cute guys from shows, or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor.
Lauren Graham -
I'd pay more just to hear proper English and have everyone keep their clothes on.
Lauren Graham
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I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.
Lauren Graham -
Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me.
Lauren Graham -
I remember feeling a huge amount of anxiety and worry and pressure. At that point I was headed into acting school. That was 100 percent the only thing I thought I wanted to do. But then I got through my first year of college, and I was, like, humming and rolling around, pretending to be a lion in acting classes at NYU and visiting our classmate Charlie Gregg at Harvard, where he was actually learning things. So I changed my mind: I decided I actually wanted a different kind of education, and that was an incredibly freeing idea.
Lauren Graham -
I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.
Lauren Graham -
Over and over in the play my character says, "I'm thirty-two years old," as if that should explain everything that's wrong in her life. I don't know what it's like to be thirty-two, but I can imagine. I imagine she means she's stuck in an in-between time, she's at an age that isn't a milestone but more of a no-man's-land, an age where she's feeling like her hopes are fading.
Lauren Graham -
I think it's really a good thing.... It's the best thing for the show, and I feel really good about it.
Lauren Graham
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I think there's more pressure to stand out in a way that is measurable externally. The fame culture is definitely way worse and weirder than it was when we were in high school.
Lauren Graham -
Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.
Lauren Graham -
Writing a memoir isn't particularly interesting to me. I'm not like Ellen [DeGeneres], where I can write, 'Water bottles--they're crazy!' and it's funny.
Lauren Graham -
Belly buttons are cool!
Lauren Graham -
While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one.
Lauren Graham -
I am here to tell you there's nothing in people knowing you. There's actually a loss in that! Really, the reward in life is genuinely the day of work you have. It's not the name you're making for yourself or the clicks and likes - it's such an illusion.
Lauren Graham
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I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.
Lauren Graham -
Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.
Lauren Graham -
There's nothing more important than a good story.
Lauren Graham -
If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.
Lauren Graham -
You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.
Lauren Graham -
I felt all kinds of pressure on myself...I didn't want to disappoint anybody. But that is nothing that compares to someone dealing with a health issue, so my shit is no big deal.
Lauren Graham
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Once again, I've been thwarted by the massive difference between my vision of the successful me and the me I'm currently stuck with.
Lauren Graham -
My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.
Lauren Graham -
The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.
Lauren Graham -
I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.
Lauren Graham