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" I'm not one of those New Yorkers who so much identifies themselves with the city that they can't imagine living anywhere else. I plan to live a lot of other places, but it is defiantly is a big part of who I am. I have a complicated relationship with it. It has changed so much, but I love it, and it's my home. I'm really glad I grew up there. "

Gaby Hoffmann

Love

Home

" I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now. "

" I think that every young person is a little mentally ill, you know? If we're not totally shutting down, we're all a little bit mentally ill in our twenties and maybe into our early thirties. "

" We all got driven out of Manhattan. It was a very conducive place for artists when I was growing up, and now it's definitely not. The city has been completely taken over by the rich. "

" I just wrapped a new show for Amazon called 'Transparent.' "

" My mother certainly never altered the topics of her conversation based on children being present. "

" People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!' "

" Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is. "

" There's a lot of improv in 'Girls'. "

Gaby Hoffmann

Lot

Improv

" I was never as famous as all these kids. There was no social media. We weren't celebrity-obsessed as a culture. I feel like these kids are under a crazy microscope; they're basically brands. And they eventually implode and act out. They need a break, and they're not getting one. "

" I was born naked. I'm a natural. I'm a natural nude. So I've been on camera naked a lot. "

" I just had fun making the movies - just being on set - but I didn't really care about the acting part. "

" My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory. "

Gaby Hoffmann

Family

New York

" I thought I was a sexy symbol! "

" The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory. "

" I never set out to be an actor. Again, my mother presented this job by job to me at the time, and if it sounded fun, I would say yes and if it didn't, I would say no. I always knew, since I was 7 or 8 years old, that it was a means to an end and that I wanted to go to college. "

" I've been told by many people that if I had a Twitter account, I would be making five hundred thousand dollars more a year. "

Gaby Hoffmann

Twitter

Five

" I was like, Amazon Prime? Who has Amazon Prime? It turns out everybody. "

Gaby Hoffmann

Amazon

Everybody

" I really enjoy taking care of people, and I was really ready to have a kid, so I didn't have to sacrifice anything that I didn't want to give up. "

" You can do your job and be yourself and be comfortable all at the same time! "

" If you don't have a healthy relationship with yourself, how can you with anyone else? Even if it's not healthy, I imagine it's a lot of fun. And healthy or not, I still think there can be a lot of love. "

" When people are struggling, that's a painful place to be in, to not know who you are and where you belong and what you desire. "

" I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square. "

" I often use the word 'magical' to talk about what it feels like on set. "

Gaby Hoffmann

Feels

Use

" There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now. "

" As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain. "

" I think mental illness is a slippery slope to talk about these days because people are overly diagnosed, overly prescribed, overly everything. "

" I met Jill Soloway at Sundance a couple years ago. I was there for 'Crystal Fairy', and she was there for 'Afternoon Delight'. She reached out and wanted to get together. "

" I think I happened to work with sort of a bunch of slightly difficult male directors when I was a kid. I've since worked with lots of male directors that I love, so I no longer see the distinction gender-wise. "

" I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world. "

Gaby Hoffmann

Think

World