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" My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.' "
Allison Williams
Think
Grandparents
House
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" It's safe to say I'm a comedy nerd. I listen to so many podcasts. I just love to laugh. "
Allison Williams
Love
Listen
Comedy
" The Emmys is great, but the Golden Globes, you have the stars of television and the stars of movies in one place. "
Allison Williams
Golden
You
Movies
" One of my favorite things to do is to play music really loud and dance my butt off in the morning. I'll do it alone in my apartment. You can't have a bad day after that. "
Allison Williams
Morning
Music
You
" When I graduated from college in early 2010, I decided that I needed to create a calling card, some kind of business card that people can link to my name and face. So I did this 'Mad Men Theme Song... With a Twist' music video. I released it just as I moved to L.A. "
Allison Williams
People
Business
College
" I'm drawn to what I'm drawn to. I wear jeans and loafers everyday, mostly casual, but when I really turn it on, I like a classic, simple look. "
Allison Williams
Jeans
Simple
Classic
" I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old. I would come home from friends's houses with a list of demands. 'OK, We have all the wrong cereals. You guys are asleep on the job.' "
Allison Williams
Old
Friends
Home
" I'm so happy that I finished college. Going into this crazy vortex of scrutiny is tough. If I was younger than I was now and I was going to fashion shows, I might have this distorted sense of self. I might rely on those cameras. Because when I was 18, I was half-baked. "
Allison Williams
Happy
Fashion
Crazy
" It's very weird waking around a corner and being nose to nose with myself on the side of a bus. And Times Square - that's the craziest one. "
Allison Williams
Myself
Nose
Times Square
" My mom has beautiful eyes, and I inherited a lot of her rituals, accentuating eyes. "
Allison Williams
Eyes
Beautiful
Her
" We live in the Facebook era. I think everyone, not just celebrities, have an unprecedented level of self-awareness, of presenting yourself to the world. The truth is, it starts with how you look, and that goes into how you dress. "
Allison Williams
Dress
Truth Is
Yourself
" I just have always been so interested in the way actors and actresses present themselves to the world because I think it is very important and it affects the way people see you as an actor. "
Allison Williams
World
Think
People
" I've done so many funny jobs. I worked at a farmer's market through high school. I worked in the stock room of Ralph Lauren. I graduated to salesperson at Ralph Lauren, which was a big deal to me. I've been a P.A. I've been a stand-in. I've been an assistant's assistant. "
Allison Williams
Me
School
Funny
" My whole background is character acting: weird costumes, fat suits, playing men, playing animals - I've never played anyone with whom there's any overlapping Venn diagram. "
Allison Williams
Suits
Fat
Character
" In real life, we do things out of character, constantly. A couple of days ago, my shoes were hurting, so I walked barefoot through New York. Someone who has known me my whole life would think that was so out of character. But I did it because of the circumstances. "
Allison Williams
Character
Shoes
New York
" I've wanted to act since I was little, but my parents told me I couldn't pursue it until after college. The understanding was that I was lucky enough to be able to go to college and that it's important to being successful in life. "
Allison Williams
College
Successful
Parents
" In order to have skin that glows and looks healthy and actually is healthy, you need to look at the whole picture and have a holistic approach to it. A lot of it is exercising regularly, drinking enough water, getting enough sleep, and keeping stress down. "
Allison Williams
Water
Healthy
Stress
" I would prefer to keep my clothes on. Unless there's a brisk breeze or something, I tend to keep them on. "
Allison Williams
Clothes
Something
Breeze
" I don't understand how some of these young actresses are wearing such provocative, editorial items, when they haven't even established a career yet. It's hard to see past that. I'm not so sure that's smart in the long run. "
Allison Williams
Young
Career
Run
" I started out really into musical theater. So you can imagine I was super popular. I wasn't awkward looking at all. "
Allison Williams
You
Awkward
Imagine
" You don't want to keep giving yourself a sugar spike and then crash and get exhausted and need coffee because you shoot for a long time. On set, I eat a lot of peanut butter and apples, things that have actual energy and protein in them to keep me going. "
Allison Williams
Time
Coffee
Energy
" For cardio, I do SoulCycle. I really don't like to run, plus I have terrible knees and get bored on the elliptical. SoulCycle is basically a dance party on a bicycle, and you burn calories, and it's so fun. "
Allison Williams
Bicycle
Run
You
" Sometimes fake laughing is hard once you've done a scene 18 times. I don't want to brag, but I have a reputation for being very, very good at that. It's funny finding what's challenging about acting as you go. "
Allison Williams
Done
Fake
Funny
" I think I've always had that bird's-eye view of myself. I think it's an actor trait... Sometimes it's best just to get lost out there, but other times you have to be aware of where the light's hitting you. "
Allison Williams
Think
Best
Light
" I've been dumped hard. My heart has been broken and shattered, and I've also been on the other end of that too. "
Allison Williams
Broken
Dumped
Hard