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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Lauren Graham

Life

Process

Want

" We moved in 8th grade, so 7th grade I was doing okay, and then 8th grade, everything fell apart. I had no fashion sense to speak of. We only had a couple of hair care products back then. We didn't have all these things to tame your hair. I had glasses; I had braces. I had it all. "

" All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline. "

Lauren Graham

TV Shows

Basically

" Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me. "

" 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. "

" While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one. "

" When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest. "

" 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. "

" I dream of playing Lady Cora's sister on 'Downton Abbey.' "

" I've always really liked being active. I do Spinning classes, I run, I have a trainer, I do Pilates with my sister Shade. "

" These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone one will recognize me and say: 'I really like your show.' "

Lauren Graham

Bad

Look

" I've learned a lot from trainers over the years, but mainly that you need discipline to stay in the gym and out of the many fine cupcake emporiums on every corner. "

" I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me. "

Lauren Graham

Important

Family

" 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. "

" My time at Barnard was fun but stressful. I transferred there from the acting conservatory at NYU, and my Rolling Around On the Floor Pretending to Be a Lion classes didn't translate into many academic credits. "

" 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. "

" Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. "

" I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy. "

" Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it! "

Lauren Graham

Love

Care

" I'm nice, and I show up on time. "

Lauren Graham

Show

Time

" I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending. "

" 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. "

" I love doing the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle, even on the days I can't finish it. "

" Having trees and a track to run on have become more important to me than living near cool restaurants. "

" Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor. "

" I take the no-doughnut pledge, and then I break it. "

" 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. "

" One thing I've learned is I actually don't like variety very much. I like having the same thing over and over: assorted lean proteins, arugula salad, quinoa or brown rice with soy sauce, olive oil, lemon, and salt. Those ingredients can pretty much get me through the week. "

Lauren Graham

Salad

Salt

" The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else. "

" The thing about good writing is it has a music to it. "