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" Acting is the most bizarre profession. You can stay in it for years and not really be in it and be waiting for someone to give you an opportunity. It's like when I watch 'American Idol' and see people who have been told to believe in themselves at all costs: It's not always a good idea. "
Good
Opportunity
People
" All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100! "
You
Shot
Years
" All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline. "
TV
TV Shows
Basically
" As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process. "
Life
Process
Want
" As an actor, you have to maximize your time, because you don't know what's going to happen in your 50s and 60s and 70s. It's like the career of an athlete: For many people, it ends at a certain point. "
Career
Know
Time
" As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair. "
Politics
More
Me
" Because I have no consistent schedule as an actor, it was difficult to develop one as a writer. Ideally, I'd like to write first thing in the morning, every day. But sometimes I'm called to set before the sun comes up, or I've worked late the night before, or I'm on a plane. "
Sun
Day
Late
" Belly buttons are cool! "
Belly
Buttons
Cool
" For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look 'no date for homecoming.' "
High School
Homecoming
Time
" Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor. "
Growing Up
Growing
Child
" Having trees and a track to run on have become more important to me than living near cool restaurants. "
Run
Cool
Important
" Honestly, I was such a tomboy as a kid. People were taking from their mothers' closets - I was taking from my dad's closet. It was the '80s, so it wasn't terrible, but I was wearing my dad's dress shirts over jeans from the Gap. "
People
Over
Jeans
" Honestly, 'Parenthood' was not what I planned. I didn't plan to do another drama. I didn't plan to play a single mom. I didn't plan, even, to do an ensemble show. But I hadn't found anything I liked as much. I just connected to the show. "
Show
Connected
Drama
" I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend. "
Myself
Best Friend
Friend
" I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on. "
Feedback
Smart
Beauty
" I dream of playing Lady Cora's sister on 'Downton Abbey.' "
Dream
Lady
I Dream
" If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now. "
Management
Up
Moving
" If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high. "
Time
Three
Meeting
" I get a delivery of a diet food during the week, which doesn't mean that I don't eat the occasional Krispy Kreme doughnut. "
Mean
Eat
Diet
" I get concerned when I see kids on their phones. They don't read enough anymore, anything longer than a tweet. "
Enough
Phones
See
" I have way too many jeans. But I never seem to have a top to wear. "
Wear
Seem
Top
" I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending. "
Ending
TV Show
Show
" I love doing the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle, even on the days I can't finish it. "
Love
Puzzle
New York
" I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy. "
I Love
Love
I Think
" I'm baffled when young actors aren't familiar with current film, television and theater, or aren't interested in older films or plays and the history of the craft in general. If you don't know what's out there, and what came before, then how can you picture yourself working, and how can anyone else? "
History
Yourself
You
" I'm nice, and I show up on time. "
Up
Show
Time
" I really think if you're trying to look good, do something athletic. I have a little mini tramp, and sometimes I'll just try to jump for 20 minutes. It gets your blood circulating, and that always looks really pretty. "
You
Jump
Look
" I take the no-doughnut pledge, and then I break it. "
Break
Pledge
Then
" I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety. "
Hope
Job
Think
" It's great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV. "
Reality
TV
Age
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