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" There are a lot of perks when you're an actor. Free food at work was my second favorite in the beginning, but my first was the weird stuff. Like seeing celebrities in no makeup and finding out what they ate. "

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" I was lucky, and once I moved to L.A., I didn't have to get another job besides acting. But I wouldn't trade my previous jobs for anything. "

Judy Greer

Trade

Acting

Anything

" I firmly believe that everyone should have to work in the food service industry at least once in their lives. "

" I love television, I've always wanted to be on television. "

" I definitely felt awkward and I didn't fit in. Other than that, I'm learning that everyone felt that way: even the popular girls. "

" Sometimes I think to get to the emotional level of a scene, you don't necessarily have to have experienced the exact thing that person has experienced, but whatever you have in your life that has gotten you to that place is usually enough. "

" The one thing I haven't done that would be so cool would be, like, an action movie. Like a real action, Jason Bourne movie or something. "

" I'd been dating my husband for about a year, and I'd already kissed George Clooney, Ashton Kutcher and Gerard Butler. Awesome year, right? "

" I think it's natural if you're doing a lot of comedy to do a lot of drama, because you have to figure out the real version of the joke. "

" I really believe waiting tables, and service industry jobs in general, make you a better person. "

" I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great. "

" I am an actress - I am paid to verbalize other people's words, not create my own. "

" Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end. "

Judy Greer

End

Creative

" I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much. "

" I love Cate Blanchett; I think she's brilliant. "

" I feel like everything does happen for a reason, and I can totally look back on my career and the decisions I've made and how it sort of worked itself out. "

" I really love this character I played called Becky Freeley in a T.V. show called 'Miss Guided'. We only shot seven episodes, and nobody watched it, and it was on for, like, a second, but I really liked that character. "

" The truth is that the actresses who I look up to are either my age or a few years older or a lot older. "

" I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in. "

" Any time you learn something new about your character, that's really exciting. "

" I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting. "

" Men are awesome, but they're pretty easy to figure out; women are way more complicated, and way more interesting. "

" The truth is, if I was maybe better or funnier or prettier, wouldn't I have starred in a movie? I can see it objectively as a businesswoman - if no one's buying your product, then there's not a desire for it. "

" I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool. "

" I've been really fortunate to do so many comedies and then so many dramatic roles and then television and movies and stuff like that. "

" I found the structure of writing a screenplay harder than the structure of writing an essay. But it was definitely challenging to force myself to sit and write. I'm not used to having to force myself to work. "

" I imagined my fantasy co-author would look like Miranda Kerr, but have the intellect and comedic timing of Liz Lemon. "

Judy Greer

Intellect

Timing

" I am very reluctantly healthy. "

Judy Greer

I Am

Healthy

" For a long time, I think my family thought I was living in a $3 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills. "

" It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or 3 on the call sheet look good. "

" You've heard the phrase 'There are no small roles, just small actors?' Well, I kind of disagree. There are small roles, but when you get a lot of them in a row, you can become a pretty successful actress, and that's what I've done. "