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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! "
Lauren Graham
Love
Me
Care
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" These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone one will recognize me and say: 'I really like your show.' "
Lauren Graham
Bad
Me
Look
" Acting is the most bizarre profession. You can stay in it for years and not really be in it and be waiting for someone to give you an opportunity. It's like when I watch 'American Idol' and see people who have been told to believe in themselves at all costs: It's not always a good idea. "
Lauren Graham
Good
Opportunity
People
" I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety. "
Lauren Graham
Hope
Job
Think
" Belly buttons are cool! "
Lauren Graham
Belly
Buttons
Cool
" Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. "
Lauren Graham
Personally
Want
Jeans
" I'm nice, and I show up on time. "
Lauren Graham
Up
Show
Time
" My time at Barnard was fun but stressful. I transferred there from the acting conservatory at NYU, and my Rolling Around On the Floor Pretending to Be a Lion classes didn't translate into many academic credits. "
Lauren Graham
Pretending
Acting
Lion
" Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single! "
Lauren Graham
Strangers
About
How
" 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. "
Lauren Graham
Know
Work
Story
" I get concerned when I see kids on their phones. They don't read enough anymore, anything longer than a tweet. "
Lauren Graham
Enough
Phones
See
" I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself. "
Lauren Graham
Thought
Life
My Life
" I've always thought my strengths were I'm smart, and I have a good sense of humor. I definitely struggle with feeling confident. "
Lauren Graham
Struggle
Good
Humor
" All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100! "
Lauren Graham
You
Shot
Years
" The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it. "
Lauren Graham
Television
Sense
No Sense
" For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look 'no date for homecoming.' "
Lauren Graham
High School
Homecoming
Time
" I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending. "
Lauren Graham
Ending
TV Show
Show
" I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy. "
Lauren Graham
I Love
Love
I Think
" I love doing the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle, even on the days I can't finish it. "
Lauren Graham
Love
Puzzle
New York
" The thing about good writing is it has a music to it. "
Lauren Graham
Music
Writing
Good
" I take the no-doughnut pledge, and then I break it. "
Lauren Graham
Break
Pledge
Then
" I dream of playing Lady Cora's sister on 'Downton Abbey.' "
Lauren Graham
Dream
Lady
I Dream
" I've always really liked being active. I do Spinning classes, I run, I have a trainer, I do Pilates with my sister Shade. "
Lauren Graham
Sister
Always
Run
" 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. "
Lauren Graham
Feedback
Smart
Beauty
" As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair. "
Lauren Graham
Politics
More
Me
" The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else. "
Lauren Graham
Try
You
Yourself
" As an actor, you have to maximize your time, because you don't know what's going to happen in your 50s and 60s and 70s. It's like the career of an athlete: For many people, it ends at a certain point. "
Lauren Graham
Career
Know
Time
" None of my characters have really had jobs. "
Lauren Graham
Jobs
Had
Characters
" 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. "
Lauren Graham
You
Jump
Look
" I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend. "
Lauren Graham
Myself
Best Friend
Friend
" As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process. "
Lauren Graham
Life
Process
Want