Amy Landecker Quotes
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I feel like sometimes, when I talk about 'Transparent,' I'm in a cult. And in some ways, I guess I sort of am, although it's a cult that pays me, and I don't pay it, so maybe that's a really good cult.
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I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.
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I want to single out Kathryn Hahn's performance in Jill Soloway's film 'Afternoon Delight,' which in my opinion should have been nominated for an Oscar. I think it's one of the greatest female performances I've ever seen on screen, and I think she's wildly talented.
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I'll always identify as a Chicagoan; if it wasn't so cold, I'd be there forever.
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I have a combination of self-love and self-loathing, just like most people.
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It's actually one of the hardest things for trans people, is to go to the bathroom.
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I'm not someone who had to worry about aging on camera. I was already aged when I got there.
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Everyone's so used to taking care of actors and directors, but people in the crew are there the longest and working the hardest.
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It's hard to get those roles that allow you to show everything and feel like you're really being used and exhausted and spent, which I think is what actors really love: We want to be tired.
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I thought maybe I'd be a female sportscaster.
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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.
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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!
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I am very close to a number of actresses who are trans and hungry for parts.
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I'm the second wife of Paul Reiser on TV.
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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.
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There are people out there every day really fighting the fight for equal rights, equal pay, equal treatment. They're inspiring.
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We actually use a lot of improvisation on 'Transparent.'
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I'm not as smart or talented as anyone around me. But they like me.
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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.