Amy Landecker Quotes
-
I feel like handling a narrative in fiction is a wonderful way to teach stories that then open a pathway to reality and understanding.
-
'Curb' is 100 percent improvised, which is wild. I'd never done anything like that.
-
Families just have so many secrets and dysfunctions.
-
I'll always identify as a Chicagoan; if it wasn't so cold, I'd be there forever.
-
I'm not someone who had to worry about aging on camera. I was already aged when I got there.
-
I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.
-
Everyone's so used to taking care of actors and directors, but people in the crew are there the longest and working the hardest.
-
I have a combination of self-love and self-loathing, just like most people.
-
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you do, and there's not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved - sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity.
-
The first red carpet I did was at New York's Paris Theatre... It was this beautiful night, and everyone is screaming my name. I'm the least pretentious actress you can ever meet. Someone said to me that I look like I've been doing this forever, and I said that's because I watch E!
-
I am very close to a number of actresses who are trans and hungry for parts.
-
It's actually one of the hardest things for trans people, is to go to the bathroom.
-
I thought maybe I'd be a female sportscaster.
-
I'm the second wife of Paul Reiser on TV.
-
There are people out there every day really fighting the fight for equal rights, equal pay, equal treatment. They're inspiring.
-
We actually use a lot of improvisation on 'Transparent.'
-
Look at Jane Lynch, another Chicagoan. She has a career I'd kill for. She does amazing work; she's famous enough to have some power, but not so famous she has to deal with people buzzing around her life.
-
I actually cannot stand a room without a view - I would rather have a bedroom the size of a closet with a view over a suite without one.
-
I'm not as smart or talented as anyone around me. But they like me.