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" I love Frances McDormand so much. I love her career. And I think it's fun because she gets to do comedy as well as drama. "
Rachael Harris
Comedy
Love
Fun
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Rachael Harris
Man
Great
Book
" I really wanted to do things that weren't comic. It felt like finding people who can see this other side to me. "
Rachael Harris
People
Finding
See
" I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love. "
Rachael Harris
New York
Opportunities
Go
" I told my agent which women I aspire to have a career like: Frances McDormand, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson - character actresses who have something to say. I also said that I loved Madeline Kahn and Jessica Lange. "
Rachael Harris
Women
Character
Loved
" I'm a big fan of Samantha Bee's. "
Rachael Harris
Fan
Bee
Big Fan
" I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business. "
Rachael Harris
Small
Up
Small Town
" See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that. "
Rachael Harris
Job
God
Me
" As much as I don't want to admit it, I really am a people pleaser. If I throw a party at my house, it's hard for me to relax. I'm too obsessed with whether everyone's having a good time. "
Rachael Harris
Good
Relax
Having A Good Time
" I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same. "
Rachael Harris
Work
Dramatic
Feel
" It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it. "
Rachael Harris
College
Opportunity
Funny
" I don't have this weird, natural funny bone that constantly comes out. It's not like my every instinct is to be funny, and I'm always having to dampen that down. "
Rachael Harris
Like
Always
Bone
" I love doing sitcoms. I love doing comedy. I love the whole shooting match. "
Rachael Harris
Shooting
Comedy
Match
" Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment. "
Rachael Harris
Trying
Be True
Moment
" I come from the place of thinking, 'Whatever works for people' - and if you haven't been exposed to anything else, you really don't know better. "
Rachael Harris
Know
Place
Thinking
" In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character. "
Rachael Harris
Idea
Know
Work
" When I moved to New York out of college, that was my goal. To be a stage actress. And to do dramatic works. Like 'Madea', and 'Night, Mother', and 'Sam Shepard', and all that kind of stuff. That's what I really wanted to do. "
Rachael Harris
College
Night
New York