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" I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think. "
Zosia Mamet
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" I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed. "
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" I don't watch much television. My old TV agent used to always get mad at me because he'd send me out on auditions and I'd be like, 'What's this show?' and he'd be like, 'It's literally the top show on television.' I wasn't allowed to watch TV as a kid. "
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" I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see. "
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" All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics. "
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Doing
" I am a private human. "
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" I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate. "
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" My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out. "
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He
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" A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't. "
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Think
Store
" I'm a little bit of a weirdo - I'm kind of a loner, I didn't go to college, I spend a lot of my time reading. I've been working since I was 17, so that's sort of been my life. "
Zosia Mamet
Life
My Life
Reading
" People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant. "
Zosia Mamet
Reminisce
People
You
" I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff. "
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Weird
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" I would have been miserable in college. I always hated school. "
Zosia Mamet
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Been
Miserable
" Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive. "
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Person
Alive
Will
" I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing. "
Zosia Mamet
Gender
Dating
Girl
" But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad. "
Zosia Mamet
Time
Me
Man
" Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it. "
Zosia Mamet
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" With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film. "
Zosia Mamet
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Like
Film
" The lighthearted moments of 'Girls' are really not speckled throughout and that to me is just super exciting, to be able to delve into the darkness that you are greeted with in your early 20s and the fear and what that makes you do, the places that you can potentially go with that. "
Zosia Mamet
Moments
Darkness
Me
" I don't know if I would call myself a religious human. "
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Myself
Know
Human
" I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth. "
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Places
Earth
Magical
" My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me. "
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She
Onstage
Mom
" I have quite a foul mouth. "
Zosia Mamet
Quite
Foul
Mouth
" I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.' "
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