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" I enjoy the old-fashioned idea of, like, 'His Girl Friday' and 'Bringing Up Baby', those old movies. "

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" I really believe waiting tables, and service industry jobs in general, make you a better person. "

" I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem. "

" You've heard the phrase 'There are no small roles, just small actors?' Well, I kind of disagree. There are small roles, but when you get a lot of them in a row, you can become a pretty successful actress, and that's what I've done. "

" I love television, I've always wanted to be on television. "

" For a long time, I think my family thought I was living in a $3 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills. "

" I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool. "

" I imagined my fantasy co-author would look like Miranda Kerr, but have the intellect and comedic timing of Liz Lemon. "

" I would have played any character in an Alexander Payne movie. "

" My parents, stupidly, always let me go downtown. This was pre-pager, even. It made me adventurous. I think it makes you tough. "

" I really love this character I played called Becky Freeley in a T.V. show called 'Miss Guided'. We only shot seven episodes, and nobody watched it, and it was on for, like, a second, but I really liked that character. "

" I've been really fortunate to do so many comedies and then so many dramatic roles and then television and movies and stuff like that. "

" I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great. "

" 'Reluctantly Healthy' is so completely different than what I do for a living. It's really what I wanted it to be, which is learning to be healthy. "

" I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much. "

" I found the structure of writing a screenplay harder than the structure of writing an essay. But it was definitely challenging to force myself to sit and write. I'm not used to having to force myself to work. "

" 'Citizen Ruth' I saw when I was in college, and I really flipped out over it. I just knew I wanted to work with the person who made that movie. "

" I was lucky, and once I moved to L.A., I didn't have to get another job besides acting. But I wouldn't trade my previous jobs for anything. "

" I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things. "

Favorite Things

" It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you have another 'Carrie' to compare it to, it's rough. "

" I love Cate Blanchett; I think she's brilliant. "

" Men are awesome, but they're pretty easy to figure out; women are way more complicated, and way more interesting. "

" Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end. "

" I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting. "

" I feel like everything does happen for a reason, and I can totally look back on my career and the decisions I've made and how it sort of worked itself out. "

" I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in. "

" The truth is that the actresses who I look up to are either my age or a few years older or a lot older. "

" It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or 3 on the call sheet look good. "

" Any time you learn something new about your character, that's really exciting. "

" I am an actress - I am paid to verbalize other people's words, not create my own. "

" The truth is, if I was maybe better or funnier or prettier, wouldn't I have starred in a movie? I can see it objectively as a businesswoman - if no one's buying your product, then there's not a desire for it. "