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" Sometimes, as an actor - and I've witnessed this with other actors that I've worked with - you don't realize that it's not all about the actor. "

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" Whatever headspace you need to live in for your character is sort of where you stay in between scenes. "

" I'm a total girl's girl. "

" I'm a creative person. I love to write, I love to act, I love to perform, I love to create things with my hands, so I do all of these things that are kind of like hobbies in a way. They're things that I love, so it's not like a work-life balance; it's just a work-life marriage. "

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" We all know what it feels like to be an outcast or a loner or to fall between the cracks. To be the target of gossip or people talking about you, or girls are ganging up on you. One minute, they're your best friend; the next, they call you on three-way. "

" 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. "

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" I'm a lanky girl, naturally. "

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

" If I'm not working, I don't even put makeup on. "

" 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. "

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" I'm all about time management. I have gotten my makeup prep in the morning down to, like, four minutes. There's just not enough time in the day. "

" For escape, I love popcorn thrillers that you can read in a weekend, like 'Sharp Objects' and 'The Woman in Cabin 10.' "

" I just sort of choose to see the good in things, and I choose to - I don't know - look on the bright side, as cheesy as it sounds. "

" 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. "

" It's rare to get a part in a show that's greenlit, let alone two shows that have been greenlit. "

" I never imagined myself playing a superhero because I don't see myself the way superheroes have been portrayed or shown to me my entire life. "

" I've never been a fearful person. When I was growing up, I wanted to be an actress, a writer, and a musician and I never really processed that those are the three hardest jobs - I just never even processed it. "

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" A lot of actresses start out modeling because it's a great way to sort of get your foot in the door. That's all it is, though. They open the door, and you have to walk through it. "

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" 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. "

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