Alia Shawkat Quotes
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As an actress, you never know when you're going to work again - and there's so much dependency on working.
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I think with the whole new Internet media, I'm not necessarily Internet savvy, but I just feel that the way that art in general will be presented to the public is going to be different.
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Kids can be harsh, especially when they get jealous.
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I've worked with a couple of female directors now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.
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I feel very lucky 'Arrested Development' was so successful because I never really got too much attention, and I was able to evolve instead of only being seen as one character.
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With independent film, as an actor, you have more involvement - it's very much more connected. It's not just like I'm showing up and there's another actor on the call sheet; you're very attached to it.
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Personality-wise, I'm a person who likes to put it all out on the table.
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Over time, I've been more recognized.
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I don't want to put down my work - I'm very proud of the work I've done.
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Rosie Perez is the coolest. She's kind of everything you want her to be. She's involved in so many cool things, political charities and stuff.
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Yeah, I've worked with a couple of female directors, now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.
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Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me. He was so sweet, and he's just so smart.
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I went on an audition once for a show, and the feedback was to play an angry teen. My agent convinced me to try out. I was really bitter for a while, because it sucks when you don't get good scripts after working on good quality.
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I was born and grew up in Palm Springs. It's a great place to grow up, a real small town.
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I usually play grounded, has-their-head-on-straight kind of sassy girls.
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In my opinion FOX is known for being a network that just advertises, and that's pretty much how they get their viewers.
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I'm more verbal and not as private as I was as a kid. I still do a form of sense memory. It honestly depends on the job. It depends on the other people you're working with, how the other actor works.
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If you want to do something, then you do it. If you don't want to do something, don't just do it because your friends are doing it, or because all the popular kids are doing it.
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If we give something value, it becomes valuable.
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It feels good to sing. Everybody should sing!
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I definitely had a weird thing of being attracted to older men. Never my family friends, never my dad's friends.
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I'm not a huge TV person, but when I do watch, it's always after the fact because I like to binge watch. It's more entertaining for me to watch these characters fresh, after one episode, instead of waiting a whole week.
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The millennial generation wants to express every feeling to feel like you're connected to it, and there's something very dark about tragedy that people are drawn to.
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My grandfather talked about James Dean; they were both very much into method acting.