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" None of my characters have really had jobs. "
Lauren Graham
Jobs
Had
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" All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline. "
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" Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it! "
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Love
Me
Care
" When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest. "
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Gone
People
Show
" One thing I've learned is I actually don't like variety very much. I like having the same thing over and over: assorted lean proteins, arugula salad, quinoa or brown rice with soy sauce, olive oil, lemon, and salt. Those ingredients can pretty much get me through the week. "
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Me
Salt
" I've always really liked being active. I do Spinning classes, I run, I have a trainer, I do Pilates with my sister Shade. "
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Always
Run
" The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it. "
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Sense
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" Belly buttons are cool! "
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Cool
" I'm baffled when young actors aren't familiar with current film, television and theater, or aren't interested in older films or plays and the history of the craft in general. If you don't know what's out there, and what came before, then how can you picture yourself working, and how can anyone else? "
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History
Yourself
You
" Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor. "
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Growing Up
Growing
Child
" Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible. "
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Party
Christmas
Celebrate
" I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending. "
Lauren Graham
Ending
TV Show
Show
" If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now. "
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Management
Up
Moving
" I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on. "
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Feedback
Smart
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" I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less I think about it. "
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Food
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" Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me. "
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Relationship
Sister
People
" I've seen 'The Godfather Part II,' 'Broadcast News,' and 'Annie Hall' more than 20 times each. "
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Broadcast
More
Than
" Because I have no consistent schedule as an actor, it was difficult to develop one as a writer. Ideally, I'd like to write first thing in the morning, every day. But sometimes I'm called to set before the sun comes up, or I've worked late the night before, or I'm on a plane. "
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Sun
Day
Late
" The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl. "
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Women
Girl
You
" Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. "
Lauren Graham
Personally
Want
Jeans
" I dream of playing Lady Cora's sister on 'Downton Abbey.' "
Lauren Graham
Dream
Lady
I Dream
" You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain. "
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Story
Gain
You
" I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend. "
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Myself
Best Friend
Friend
" We moved in 8th grade, so 7th grade I was doing okay, and then 8th grade, everything fell apart. I had no fashion sense to speak of. We only had a couple of hair care products back then. We didn't have all these things to tame your hair. I had glasses; I had braces. I had it all. "
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Glasses
Fashion
Care
" I get a delivery of a diet food during the week, which doesn't mean that I don't eat the occasional Krispy Kreme doughnut. "
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Mean
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Diet
" My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff. "
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School
Mother
London
" I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy. "
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I Love
Love
I Think
" Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene. "
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Work
Story
" I really think if you're trying to look good, do something athletic. I have a little mini tramp, and sometimes I'll just try to jump for 20 minutes. It gets your blood circulating, and that always looks really pretty. "
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You
Jump
Look
" Honestly, I was such a tomboy as a kid. People were taking from their mothers' closets - I was taking from my dad's closet. It was the '80s, so it wasn't terrible, but I was wearing my dad's dress shirts over jeans from the Gap. "
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People
Over
Jeans
" One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials. "
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Child