Allison Williams Quotes
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I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old. I would come home from friends's houses with a list of demands. 'OK, We have all the wrong cereals. You guys are asleep on the job.'
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I operate with this sense of needing to live up to what I am asking of people. I am, by far, my own worst critic.
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Sometimes fake laughing is hard once you've done a scene 18 times. I don't want to brag, but I have a reputation for being very, very good at that. It's funny finding what's challenging about acting as you go.
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I wake up every morning thinking I need to be edgier.
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I think I've always had that bird's-eye view of myself. I think it's an actor trait... Sometimes it's best just to get lost out there, but other times you have to be aware of where the light's hitting you.
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A lot of guys I know loved 'Sex and the City.' They'll take it to their grave, but they watched every episode of it.
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My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.'
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You don't want to keep giving yourself a sugar spike and then crash and get exhausted and need coffee because you shoot for a long time. On set, I eat a lot of peanut butter and apples, things that have actual energy and protein in them to keep me going.
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I'm very protective; it's in my wiring.
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Worst advice? I either don't remember it or I've been very lucky in terms of getting good advice.
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I'm an obsessive musical theatre person, so some of the most formative albums for me were, you know, the 'Phantom Of The Opera' soundtrack or 'Into The Woods.'
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I try to always have a hair cut that I don't have to style every day, so I'll usually just let my hair air dry.
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In real life, we do things out of character, constantly. A couple of days ago, my shoes were hurting, so I walked barefoot through New York. Someone who has known me my whole life would think that was so out of character. But I did it because of the circumstances.
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For cardio, I do SoulCycle. I really don't like to run, plus I have terrible knees and get bored on the elliptical. SoulCycle is basically a dance party on a bicycle, and you burn calories, and it's so fun.
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I started out really into musical theater. So you can imagine I was super popular. I wasn't awkward looking at all.
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I would prefer to keep my clothes on. Unless there's a brisk breeze or something, I tend to keep them on.
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I'm so happy that I finished college. Going into this crazy vortex of scrutiny is tough. If I was younger than I was now and I was going to fashion shows, I might have this distorted sense of self. I might rely on those cameras. Because when I was 18, I was half-baked.
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I've been dumped hard. My heart has been broken and shattered, and I've also been on the other end of that too.
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I've wanted to act since I was little, but my parents told me I couldn't pursue it until after college. The understanding was that I was lucky enough to be able to go to college and that it's important to being successful in life.
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It's a normal thing for people to do, going on Facebook and seeing pictures of their exes with their new significant others.
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Even when I was a child, my best friend was a 92-year-old woman.
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I want to play a villain. I want to play a romantic heroine.
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A good number of my friends are married, which seems very old-fashioned.
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With 'Girls,' Marnie was a slow burn; she shifted over time. With 'Get Out,' I was suddenly faced with the pressure that, like, I need an audience to know Rose deeply within 15 minutes, within a couple scenes. And that's not something I've ever done before.