Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient. "
Shiri Appleby
Been
Just
Movies
Related Quotes:
" There was a scene early on during the first season of Roswell and I broke down crying. Since then, I've always just been able to do it. "
Shiri Appleby
Always
Season
Early
" It's hard to get material. I haven't made a movie before. I have two episodes of television that I think have come in really great, but it's really hard to get directing work. "
Shiri Appleby
Hard
Great
Work
" Reality TV is not real. "
Shiri Appleby
Real
Reality
Reality TV
" It feels nice after a long career as an actor to find your own voice and support that. "
Shiri Appleby
Support
Long
Career
" I took my waitress uniform. Seemed fitting. "
Shiri Appleby
Uniform
Fitting
Waitress
" Back in the day when I was on The WB, I may have only had one or two female directors throughout the entire run of a series. "
Shiri Appleby
Two
Run
May
" Men are even afraid to say, 'You look nice,' or, 'You look pretty,' when you come out of hair and makeup to walk on set. And before, men would constantly - producers would constantly say things, but that's kind of a way that they would butter the actresses up and make them feel secure. "
Shiri Appleby
Men
Nice
Walk
" I would like to see more of the making of just regular television shows. Like the casting process. I think it's so fascinating to watch the actors come in and see how they discuss everybody afterwards. It's a crazy world that has no rhyme or reason. "
Shiri Appleby
Crazy
Process
Television
" I never went to any of the Hollywood child parties. "
Shiri Appleby
Child
Hollywood
Parties
" I was in the pilot of ER: I played a 15-year-old pregnant girl they were treating. And then, in the final season, they were casting for interns. "
Shiri Appleby
Girl
Season
Casting
" Growing up on set, the director is the person that, as a child, you admire and gives you validation. "
Shiri Appleby
You
Child
Growing
" I loved working with Adam Driver. "
Shiri Appleby
Driver
Loved
Working
" As an actor, you can have your opinions, but our responsibility is telling the point of view of this one character. "
Shiri Appleby
Responsibility
Character
You
" There are a lot of different sides to me. I don't know if I'm always peaches-and-cream. "
Shiri Appleby
Me
Always
Different
" Most of the roles I've had, usually the story's about how the man affects my character. "
Shiri Appleby
Story
Most
About
" I've literally pitched to every studio and network trying to get directing work. It's really hard. "
Shiri Appleby
Directing
Hard
Work
" I'm not going to do the story any service if my acting isn't strong. "
Shiri Appleby
Story
Strong
Service
" The people were just so lovely and accommodating and had really interesting questions and it was just interesting to see how the show is actually received in so many different countries. "
Shiri Appleby
See
Interesting
Questions
" I had a really normal childhood except I acted. It was like, my brother played soccer, and I was on television sometimes. "
Shiri Appleby
Television
Childhood
Brother
" I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far. "
Shiri Appleby
Me
Growing Up
Think
" Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, you name it - I'm interested. I'm free. I'm looking for acting work. At the same time, you have to find a role you're right for, and then there's a slew of other actresses. That's why I will pursue more directing. It's like, who needs a boss? I'm right here. "
Shiri Appleby
Looking
Boss
Name
" I find that people are constantly coming up to me now. There's been a definite surge of people recognizing me and I'm not sure if it has to do with the DVDs or not, but I've sort of assumed that it does because the show has been off the air for three years now. "
Shiri Appleby
Me
Find
Air
" I'm a total 'Project Runway' junkie. I also watch 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians.' "
Shiri Appleby
Keeping
Watch
Up
" A lot of the things I get sent are the girlfriend or the wife or the assistant, and those are not that exciting to me. "
Shiri Appleby
Things
Me
Girlfriend
" I think the show has sort of given me a name in this business and allowed a lot of people the opportunity to see what I can do, and it's just sort of like a sweet starting point. "
Shiri Appleby
Think
Opportunity
Me
" I do feel like I have a lot more confidence now. I can shot list the episode before I start, but then, as things happen on set, I know how to adjust so I can still execute the scene completely, and I still know how to make my days. "
Shiri Appleby
Start
Confidence
Know
" I'm the field producer whose job it is to manipulate the contestants to get them to do what we really want them to do to get the footage to make the show. "
Shiri Appleby
Producer
Field
Show
" In terms of watching other directors, it's more like I go on set now, and I'm prepared, as an actor, and ready to give them everything, but at the same time, you observe how everybody else does it because there's always something to learn. "
Shiri Appleby
Learn
Time
You
" They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances. "
Shiri Appleby
Questions
Believe
Big
" Right now, my focus is really acting and directing. But I see the creativity and the work that goes into building a network, and it's fascinating to me. If those doors open for me... I think just learning as much as I can at this point is really what it's about. "
Shiri Appleby
Learning
Think
Work