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" 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. "

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Lizzy Caplan

I Am

Way

Think

" 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. "

" 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

Over

People

" '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

" I find that break-ups are so much easier when you can hate the person. "

" You'd be surprised. Girls like sensitive, namby-pamby guys. "

" 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

Successful

" There are some of us who are just born with a more adventurous spirit than others. "

Lizzy Caplan

Others

Spirit

" I find that working with friends is always the goal, even if it's just one person. Because the comedy community is kind of insular, it's easy to run into people you've worked with, even if you worked with someone on something for a day, or whatever. "

" I had to do a lot of dancing in 'Queens of Country.' "

" I don't think you should be allowed to eat in a restaurant if you haven't waited tables at least once. It's so irritating when I see people being rude to waiters, like, it makes me want to slit their throats! Like, really? You're really this inconsiderate? "

" As an actress - and as an actor, too, but it's worse for actresses - you constantly get picked apart for how you look. "

" I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so you can link up to that person, even if it's like one tiny thing. But it's equally fun to play somebody completely different, and trying to find what that thing is to make it. "

" I did the whole non-dairy thing for a year. "

" 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. "

" My first acting role as a kid was on 'Freaks and Geeks.' "

" I have no drawing talent whatsoever. I cannot do it. "

" 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. I had done network sitcoms. I had a nest egg. "

" I saw 'Clueless' five times in the theatre when I was growing up. "

Lizzy Caplan

Growing Up

Theatre

" I'm choosy to a fault. You want to hold out for a project that means something. You're the one who's there working fifteen hours a day, and if you don't believe in it, it can feel a whole lot longer. "

" On 'Masters of Sex,' especially in the pilot, everybody was showing up word-perfect, and you're expected to show up word-perfect. "

" I've loved being the sarcastic chick, but I didn't want to be her forever. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" I try to find some similarities between myself and the characters, even if it's the tiniest thing. "

" It's weird, It's really weird to be called a breakout star. And some people are referring to my show as the new 'Friends', which I can't really even wrap my head around. "