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" 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

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" 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. "

" 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

Growing Up

Think

" I'm not going to do the story any service if my acting isn't strong. "

" There are a lot of different sides to me. I don't know if I'm always peaches-and-cream. "

Shiri Appleby

Always

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" She wasn't as naive and innocent as she was in the first season. "

" As an actor, you can have your opinions, but our responsibility is telling the point of view of this one character. "

" 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

Find

Air

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As an actor, you don't really have a say or a voice in what the conversation of the show is going to be. So, as an actor, I'm just trying to make sense of why the character is making these choices, and somehow, in that way, you can sympathize or root, at least not detest, what this person is doing. That's, at least, my job in telling that story. "

" 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. "

" Most of the roles I've had, usually the story's about how the man affects my character. "

" 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

" Growing up on set, the director is the person that, as a child, you admire and gives you validation. "

" I took my waitress uniform. Seemed fitting. "

" My career after 'Life Unexpected' took a really big dip, and I realized you have no control as an actor over the process of going to work. "

" Just having more days of being the director on the ground, that's been invaluable. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I loved working with Adam Driver. "

" I'm a total 'Project Runway' junkie. I also watch 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians.' "

Shiri Appleby

Keeping

Watch

" 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. "

" I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient. "

" 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

Girlfriend

" I had a really normal childhood except I acted. It was like, my brother played soccer, and I was on television sometimes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It feels nice after a long career as an actor to find your own voice and support that. "