Ari Graynor Quotes
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You know what no one tells you about driving a truck? You are driving a truck. There are only side mirrors, and it does not handle like a Prius.
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I was made fun of for being fat from fourth or fifth grade to eighth grade. That was pretty rough.
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There are a lot of female characters out there that, when they fall on hard times, they sort of stew in their fears and negativities and vulnerabilities. And there's something that's really truthful about that - when I've gone through hard times or breakups, I've spent a lot of time on my couch overeating and crying with friends, that's true.
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I had been doing theater since I was a kid, so the stage really felt like home to me. It felt like the place where I trust myself the most in the world and felt the most confident.
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I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.
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I've always just admired women who were able to navigate through dramatic and comedic waters and sort of do it all.
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I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.
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Onstage was where I felt the most confident and in control and free, and as I've gotten older, it's gotten more and more daunting. And I think that's also part of my desire to keep confronting that and pushing through to find that childlike or youthful ignorance against fear and keep at it.
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I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing it. It takes the ego out of acting, whereas movies tend to involve it.
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Not one person has ever sent me a drink because I was Caroline in 'Nick and Norah.' People reference it; people say really nice things about it, but I was sure I would be getting more free drinks.
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I did babysit a little bit when I was young. I prefer babysitting for babies. I always loved babies. I was not as great with kids that wanted to be entertained and that wanted to talk.
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You look at Richard Pryor and Robert Klein and George Carlin and Richard Lewis - those guys were so smart, they were the thinking-man stand-ups.
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As a kid, I watched a lot of TV.
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Our everyday lives exist with comedy and tragedy next to each other.
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I think a reason why actors get reputations for being crazy and neurotic is because your life task is constantly in flux.
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If I'm gonna stay in this world of comedy, then it has to be a really special character to me in a really smart piece of material.
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People remember the last thing you did.
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I've been really interested and inspired by Nan Goldin, the photographer.
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I started acting when I was seven, so I've read my share.
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The truth is, there are so few female roles in movies. That's really limiting. As an actor, you wanna be able to sink your teeth into something. You don't want to just be the best friend. You don't want to just be the girlfriend.
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Working with David Gordon Green, and Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera, and Drew Barrymore, and all of those people - those are the best people in comedy to work with. Anna Faris. You know, that's my goal, to keep learning and to just keep working with the best people I can. And yeah, we do all hang out, and we all kind of know each other.
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I prefer situational or character-based humor to gross-out gags and comedic set pieces.
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You can't please everybody. All you can do is please yourself.
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I think 'Nick and Norah' was a huge deal for me. It was my first foray into the studio world, and that character was such a gift.