Ari Graynor Quotes
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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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Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is you can't have any self-consciousness, otherwise it kills the laugh, and that will never change.
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I don't have to fear that if I do more comedy I'm not going to get to do everything I want. I'll get to do my 'Yentl.'
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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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I've always sort of felt like I was from another time. The '70s is more my vibe. The clothes fit me better.
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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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It took me a solid four or five years to feel really comfortable in front of the camera.
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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 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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I've been calling myself 'just an actor' since I was 6 years old. That's a long time.
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Sitting around with Jim Carrey, coming up with bits, is, like, beyond a dream come true.
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I've already put my parents through the wringer with a number of my jobs!
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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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When I was a kid, I did dial the 900 numbers out of curiosity, but I was such a goodie-two-shoes that I immediately hung up because I didn't want it showing up on the bill.
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When I was kid, I couldn't wait to take the world by storm, to be a woman - beautiful, powerful, confident, sexy, thoughtful, and deep. All the things I knew I was inside... even though I was only 4.
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I prefer situational or character-based humor to gross-out gags and comedic set pieces.
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All we can do in life is push through the things that make us afraid and try to be better.
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As a kid, I watched a lot of TV.
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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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Twitter's a lot of work! That's the first thing I would say. There's so much pressure to be funny.
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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'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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People remember the last thing you did.
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By 12, my body had changed, although instead of blossoming into Cindy Mancini from 'Can't Buy Me Love,' I more closely resembled Chunk from 'The Goonies.' My inside world may have been filled with a poetic and vital feminine life force, but the outside world saw and told me otherwise.