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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. "
Bicycle
Run
You
" I don't understand how some of these young actresses are wearing such provocative, editorial items, when they haven't even established a career yet. It's hard to see past that. I'm not so sure that's smart in the long run. "
Young
Career
Run
" I just have always been so interested in the way actors and actresses present themselves to the world because I think it is very important and it affects the way people see you as an actor. "
World
Think
People
" I love seeing blank days in my calendar. "
Calendar
Seeing
Love
" I'm drawn to what I'm drawn to. I wear jeans and loafers everyday, mostly casual, but when I really turn it on, I like a classic, simple look. "
Jeans
Simple
Classic
" 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. "
Happy
Fashion
Crazy
" In order to have skin that glows and looks healthy and actually is healthy, you need to look at the whole picture and have a holistic approach to it. A lot of it is exercising regularly, drinking enough water, getting enough sleep, and keeping stress down. "
Water
Healthy
Stress
" 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. "
Character
Shoes
New York
" I started out really into musical theater. So you can imagine I was super popular. I wasn't awkward looking at all. "
You
Awkward
Imagine
" 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. "
Think
Best
Light
" It's safe to say I'm a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just love to laugh. "
Love
Listen
Comedy
" It's very weird waking around a corner and being nose to nose with myself on the side of a bus. And Times Square - that's the craziest one. "
Myself
Nose
Times Square
" I've been dumped hard. My heart has been broken and shattered, and I've also been on the other end of that too. "
Broken
Dumped
Hard
" I've done so many funny jobs. I worked at a farmer's market through high school. I worked in the stock room of Ralph Lauren. I graduated to salesperson at Ralph Lauren, which was a big deal to me. I've been a P.A. I've been a stand-in. I've been an assistant's assistant. "
Me
School
Funny
" 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. "
College
Successful
Parents
" 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.' "
Old
Friends
Home
" I would prefer to keep my clothes on. Unless there's a brisk breeze or something, I tend to keep them on. "
Clothes
Something
Breeze
" 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.' "
Think
Grandparents
House
" My mom has beautiful eyes, and I inherited a lot of her rituals, accentuating eyes. "
Eyes
Beautiful
Her
" My whole background is character acting: weird costumes, fat suits, playing men, playing animals - I've never played anyone with whom there's any overlapping Venn diagram. "
Suits
Fat
Character
" One of my favorite things to do is to play music really loud and dance my butt off in the morning. I'll do it alone in my apartment. You can't have a bad day after that. "
Morning
Music
You
" 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. "
Done
Fake
Funny
" The Emmys is great, but the Golden Globes, you have the stars of television and the stars of movies in one place. "
Golden
You
Movies
" We live in the Facebook era. I think everyone, not just celebrities, have an unprecedented level of self-awareness, of presenting yourself to the world. The truth is, it starts with how you look, and that goes into how you dress. "
Dress
Truth Is
Yourself
" When I graduated from college in early 2010, I decided that I needed to create a calling card, some kind of business card that people can link to my name and face. So I did this 'Mad Men Theme Song... With a Twist' music video. I released it just as I moved to L.A. "
People
Business
College
" 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. "
Time
Coffee
Energy
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