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" My favorite acting books are Stella Adler's 'The Art of Acting' and 'Sanford Meisner on Acting.' "

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" I've always lived out of a suitcase. I was in a new city every three months. When I was a model, I traveled the world, and as an actor you're traveling from movie set to movie set. So I've never been in one place long enough for anything super-bad to happen. "

" I worked with my acting coach one-on-one for hours and hours, every single day for two months, before even setting foot on set or putting on Jessica Jones's clothes. "

" When I moved back to New York, I saw a lot of girls knitting on the subway, and it had a bit of a comeback. "

" I'm currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league, it's all about the swagger. If you have confidence, you can get pretty much any girl. "

" The more messy women that we put on screen, that we put in books, the more women can feel represented and seen, then they can access their own stuff, feel it's okay, and then have the strength to speak out about things like we're talking about. About rising up. "

" I think that the more comfortable and the more you rehearse - granted, I don't like to take the air out of a tire; there is a fine line - but I think the freer you are with your dialogue, for example, the more open you are to a good idea walking up to you. "

" Thematically, I like playing with the ideas of stuff that you try to bury, and you think will go away, but instead you carry it with you until it becomes crippling. And sometimes you have to look back and deal with some stuff in order to truly move forward. "

" I try to drink a lot of water and always moisturize. When my skin gets cranky, I use Proactiv to keep it clear. That stuff really works. "

" To be honest, I didn't love the high-fashion world because models aren't always treated that well. I was a scrappy kid from a farm, and that world felt a little snobby. But I was grateful for it, and my photo shoots now are really fast because I know my poses. "

" Every day, you try something new. So I just try to keep myself healthy physically and nutritionally. "

" I started studying acting, got commercials, and here we are 100 years later. I'm acting and writing and I have a pool and a dog. "

" When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now. "

" Besides boutiques, I love H&M. Affordable and adorable. "

" I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.' "

" Different is good. Different is great! "

" For solace, I love a book that opens up my perspective. "

" I understand the feelings of being the outcast and the loner. "

" My first audition was for a Dr. Pepper commercial. "

" There's only one person for every job. You can try all you want, but if you're not right for it, you're not gonna get it. "

" Netflix is like sitting at the cool kids' table. Netflix is amazing. We're the biggest fans of not only working there but of the company in general. "

" If we're at a lunch table, I'm going to always sit with the girls. That's just kind of how I am. I always gravitate towards women. I know how to communicate with women. "

" I have a lot of girlfriends. That's sort of my whole thing is, I have really, really deep friendships, more so than anybody I've ever met. "

" Marvel and Netflix have proven they know what they're doing. "

" What I'm doing is making sure that I have a balance, and that allows me, I think, to be a better actor and to more easily and quickly access all of the emotions on the scale. I make sure that I read a book on the weekend or read something or do my knitting or do the things that I need to do for myself, like 'Game of Thrones.' Get that balance. "

" With 'Jessica Jones,' I'm in almost every frame of the show. "

" I don't have a lot of clothes or a lot of possessions to bog me down. "

" Yarn, patterns, and needle sizes have come such a long way since your grandmother's afghans. Creatively, there is just so much to get into, so much to play with. It's an amazing way to turn inward and get off your phone. "

" I'm not conventional. I try to be raw and vulnerable and gross. "

" When you prepare for something, you can then play around; you're not as worried about remembering your lines because you already know them so well. That's where you can find the freedom. So I'm all about prep work. "

" If someone says, 'I love 'Jessica Jones!'' I just say, 'Thanks, I love you back!' "