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" After 'Jessica Jones' came out, I started hearing firsthand from a lot of women who were so inspired by the character, who felt represented, who felt like watching Jessica on screen helped them in their own lives. Women are devouring content like that because everybody is complicated; not everybody is one thing. "

Krysten Ritter

Complicated

Women

Content

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" I'm sort of missing that part of my brain where I look at anything as a challenge. I always have. "

" Jessica Jones is such a great part, and I do serious work on it. I feel really creatively fulfilled. "

" I don't have a lot of clothes or a lot of possessions to bog me down. "

Krysten Ritter

Possessions

Clothes

" My gram taught me to knit when I was little, and then I came across my old knitting tools when I was cleaning out my closets after 'JJ' season one and got right back into it. "

" Marvel and Netflix have proven they know what they're doing. "

" I'm from a small town, a farm, a hundred acres. "

" 'Bonfire' was kicking around for a very long time. It was an idea I wanted to explore for a television show. Then I was given this weird gift of time when 'Jessica Jones' finished season one. I got really organized and just kind of banged it out, but it took a long time. It took two years to even have a first draft. "

" What I'm doing is making sure that I have a balance, and that allows me, I think, to be a better actor and to more easily and quickly access all of the emotions on the scale. I make sure that I read a book on the weekend or read something or do my knitting or do the things that I need to do for myself, like 'Game of Thrones.' Get that balance. "

" It's hard to always be reduced to the way you look or your sex appeal or what that is. "

" I think that the more comfortable and the more you rehearse - granted, I don't like to take the air out of a tire; there is a fine line - but I think the freer you are with your dialogue, for example, the more open you are to a good idea walking up to you. "

" There's only one person for every job. You can try all you want, but if you're not right for it, you're not gonna get it. "

" I'm very into dresses, shoes, and makeup. "

" I have a lot of girlfriends. That's sort of my whole thing is, I have really, really deep friendships, more so than anybody I've ever met. "

Krysten Ritter

Deep

Than

" When you go to Marvel, they lock you in a room with the scripts; they really are that secretive. "

Krysten Ritter

Marvel

Lock

" If someone says, 'I love 'Jessica Jones!'' I just say, 'Thanks, I love you back!' "

" I don't fight for much, but when I fight for something, it's usually because I think I'm going to be right. "

" Yarn, patterns, and needle sizes have come such a long way since your grandmother's afghans. Creatively, there is just so much to get into, so much to play with. It's an amazing way to turn inward and get off your phone. "

" When I'm breaking in a character like Jessica Jones, I have this amazing opportunity to create her backstory. It's all of the work that happens before I'm ever on camera... Writing 'Bonfire' was like doing all of that fun stuff; it was like 300 pages of prep work. "

" I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance. "

Krysten Ritter

Maintenance

Low

" I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong. "

" I live in Los Angeles, mostly, and have a lot of girlfriends and a full life out here. "

" I'm all about time management. I have gotten my makeup prep in the morning down to, like, four minutes. There's just not enough time in the day. "

" The thing about Netflix is that you get more minutes in your episode because there are no commercial breaks. You have time to let things breathe and be quiet. You get to see an entire scene play out instead of just jumping halfway in. "

" When I'm shooting, that's all I do. "

Krysten Ritter

Shooting

" Besides boutiques, I love H&M. Affordable and adorable. "

" My first audition was for a Dr. Pepper commercial. "

Krysten Ritter

Audition

First

" Sometimes, as an actor - and I've witnessed this with other actors that I've worked with - you don't realize that it's not all about the actor. "

" Marvel is obviously a giant, global super-brand, so being a part of that is exciting because of the huge built-in audience and the appetite for it. "

" I'm an actress, and I write, and I produce stuff. I have a guitar, and I have my knitting stuff. I have a lot of things going on; I love to not ever put all my energy into one thing fully. "