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" I have a special ability to spot TV shows that don't go past two seasons; that's my gift. "
Lizzy Caplan
Past
Seasons
Gift
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" 'Save the Date' feels like a quiet story about two sisters and the men in their lives, kind of reminiscent of the quieter rom-coms of the 1990s; it's very character-driven and not as wedding-focused. "
Lizzy Caplan
Men
Kind
Like
" I think being mean to people in high school is healthy. It's sort of like you're in this situation with all these other kids and sometimes you need to get your aggression out. And if you'd had people be mean to you before, it really does build character. "
Lizzy Caplan
Think
Character
People
" I'm really awkward when people recognize me. I'm not good at it, and for the most part it hadn't happened to me until 'True Blood,' and then, all of a sudden, it started happening all the time. "
Lizzy Caplan
Good
True
Time
" I saw 'Clueless' five times in the theatre when I was growing up. "
Lizzy Caplan
Growing Up
Theatre
Up
" I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' when I was in third grade or fourth grade. I was one of the younger kids accepted into the play, and the plays were pretty impressive, let me say. "
Lizzy Caplan
Pretty
Roof
Me
" There's definitely a luxury to the fluidity of not being a mega-star. I've done a ton of really, really odd, off-the-wall movies. There's this movie I did called 'Queens of Country' a couple of summers ago that is so bananas, and if I was at a certain level, I probably would not have done that movie. "
Lizzy Caplan
Movies
Luxury
Country
" I have a habit of getting very obsessive about one thing, but it usually lasts no more than three days. "
Lizzy Caplan
Days
Three
Habit
" Everyone who made 'Save the Date,' like the writers and the director, they're all happily married and not anti-marriage at all, so that was kind of interesting to me. "
Lizzy Caplan
Director
Me
Like
" I have no drawing talent whatsoever. I cannot do it. "
Lizzy Caplan
Cannot
Talent
Drawing
" I did the whole non-dairy thing for a year. "
Lizzy Caplan
Year
Whole
Did
" I've loved being the sarcastic chick, but I didn't want to be her forever. "
Lizzy Caplan
Want
Sarcastic
Her
" I find reality television to be so delectable. "
Lizzy Caplan
Television
Delectable
Find
" Everybody hangs out with everybody, which is very strange for a cast this large and this young. We're all cool and down to earth and not caught up in this maniacal business at all... . Everybody really, really likes everybody else. "
Lizzy Caplan
Cool
Strange
Business
" In the early days, I just got lucky. I would audition for everything and just happen to land in something pretty respectable, like 'Freaks and Geeks,' my first job, which was a complete fluke. "
Lizzy Caplan
Land
Lucky
Early
" I think, as an actress, people get on your case if you do the same thing over and over again. But if you get too far away from that, people don't like that, either. "
Lizzy Caplan
Like
Over
People
" I never get recognized for 'Mean Girls.' I can be walking around with Daniel Franzese, who's in the movie and a friend of mine, and people will come up to him and start freaking out and have no idea who I am. "
Lizzy Caplan
Friend
Walking
Start
" Don't peak in high school. "
Lizzy Caplan
High
High School
Peak
" I'm still waiting to hit it big. But there was the moment when I didn't have to work at the restaurant anymore, which is the milestone for every actor. When your job is just to be an actor and not to have to do anything else. "
Lizzy Caplan
Job
Work
Moment
" I do think, oddly, that a comedic actor has a better chance of pulling off a dramatic role than a great dramatic actor has of being able to pull off a highly comedic role. "
Lizzy Caplan
Off
Think
Chance
" It's scary to sign a six-year contract for something that you don't necessarily know about. And yet I did that most every year. I've done a lot of failed pilots. "
Lizzy Caplan
Done
Scary
Year
" I had to do a lot of dancing in 'Queens of Country.' "
Lizzy Caplan
Country
Queens
Lot
" I really like doing television shows, and I anticipated doing a comedy, because that's the place I feel the most comfortable - those are the risks I want to take. "
Lizzy Caplan
Television
Risks
Doing
" As an actress - and as an actor, too, but it's worse for actresses - you constantly get picked apart for how you look. "
Lizzy Caplan
How
You
Worse
" The family you were raised in, the time period you were born in, and the part of the country you're in absolutely shape your view on sex, which shapes a huge part of anybody's personality. "
Lizzy Caplan
Personality
Family
View
" Had 'Bridesmaids' not ended up being so amazing and successful, we would never have been able to make 'Bachelorette.' So we are in awe of 'Bridesmaids' and totally owe them so much. "
Lizzy Caplan
Awe
Up
Successful
" Whenever you're starting a new show, you have these awkward first lunches and meetings that are sort of mandatory, and everybody shows up, but nobody knows each other. "
Lizzy Caplan
Starting
You
Up
" There are some of us who are just born with a more adventurous spirit than others. "
Lizzy Caplan
More
Others
Spirit
" I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it. "
Lizzy Caplan
People
Think
Summer
" For the past few years, I've been more selective than I have any right to be, but I think that's finally starting to work in my favor. I think I get way too much credit for making what people consider to be smart choices, but it's only because I made a decision to stop worrying about making money. "
Lizzy Caplan
Decision
Money
People
" I really fancied myself a comedic actress. "
Lizzy Caplan
Myself
Actress
Really