Gillian Jacobs Quotes

I am trying to break free from my stripes addiction, but the pull is strong! I need help buying non-stripes.

I've always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She's so talented and funny, and she's become this force of nature - directing, producing. Being around her is kind of inspiring.

As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work.

Even something as stupid as Vine videos makes you feel like you're making things on your own.

Apparently, I have good feet for ballet.

There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it! Bjork drove my mom nuts. What I listened to was actually pretty mom-friendly for the most part. I wasn't very rebellious.

It feels kind of naughty when you're swearing on set and you know it's gonna make it in unbleeped on the show.

A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said, "Oh, my friend Gillian read it and really loved it." She goes, "Gillian Jacobs, you mean: Britta Perry, feminist icon?"

My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.

My inners are not organs. They're actually mechanics, so I have a hole in my back, wind me up like the movie 'Hugo,' and then just say, 'Act,' you know?

I've been making Vine videos for a couple of months. They're just six-second little videos, but I really have fun doing them. It's just fun to feel like you created something.

I really like the concept of, like, slowing down and savoring your food, enjoying it.

I remember someone said to me, "Beware of instant chemistry with people, because a lot of time it's the recognition of something familiar," and for people who have a habit of getting into unhealthy relationships, that's usually a bad thing.

In Los Angeles, sometimes it's hard to find a magazine stand, let alone one that has the magazine that you want. So I find that the longer I live in L.A., the more digitally I consume.

I also have learned as an actor, this ties in the principles of improv, sometimes someone gives a piece of instruction and my first reaction is "I don't want to do that." I've always learned that every time I just say yes and go for it something happens. Whether it's what the intent of the direction was or not or something new happens. It's just remaining open to other people's ideas.

It's really amazing to be a part of something that people have an emotional response to, even though it's a network sitcom. When you get a chance to meet fans or interact with them, you realize that there are a lot of people who the show speaks to, and that they really get something out of it, beyond just laughing. That's really fulfilling.

I wasn't necessarily looking to do comedy on TV, but I don't think it's an accident that I ended up on 'Community.'

A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don't think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with.

I try to not go over things from the past. Learn your lessons and then let it go.

Without agreement you just have people arguing.

There's no right one way to go through life.

Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

The nice part about not being a huge film is that you get to goof around a bit more.

I say the word N-U-C-L-E-R the same way that George W. Bush says it.

I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I wanted to to be a Supreme Court justice, but didn't want to be a lawyer. I just wanted to go straight to being a justice.

I used to like to make myself sad, so I would listen to Bill Callahan as Smog.

You know it's a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.

I think, you know, when you're an actor who's had periods of unemployment, it makes you feel really good to have a job - to say that you're expected somewhere, do you know what I mean?

Bitterness doesn't serve you any good. And it really tells you more about how you feel about yourself than anything you feel about your friends.

I used to live in New York, and I have friends that work in the fashion world, and I feel like I had an ear to the ground there.

I had kissed a girl in the second season of 'Community,' but that was my first time kissing a girl ever, and I was so nervous, I almost knocked Brit Marling's teeth out.

NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.

Like, I'm hyper-conscious about going to bed on time, and doing my seven-step skin care routine at night.

I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.

I think that initially all I wanted to do was work as an actress, and then, as I started to work more consistently, you start to maybe want to challenge yourself in different ways, so I think it's something that developed over time - this desire to direct and also to produce. I think as you watch other actresses do it so successfully and so gracefully, you're like, I think that would be fun! It's definitely something that has become more of a priority for me.

I think we've probably all read a word that we've never heard pronounced out loud, and we try it out in a sentence and fall on our face.

Boy, you know, it's amazing how your brain can turn into a sieve, and you can literally forget episodes that you have shot.

I always try to have a bigger picture view of my career. But that didn't mean that I didn't cry about not getting jobs.

I haven't ever seen 'Lost' I'm sorry.

As an actor, you are sort of only in charge of yourself. All you can really control is your performance. You don't know what they're going to do with it in the editing room, what they're going to cut out, which take they're going to use. You know, your control is very limited. As a director, it's ultimately your piece. You have a lot more responsibility, but you also have a lot more creative control. It's scary, but also liberating in a way.

I don't think I've ever been mistaken for anyone.

My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs.

Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

I've gotten super into restaurants in L.A., so I try to go to different restaurants all the time that's a good way to explore L.A.: you can drive to a restaurant and discover a new neighborhood.

Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.

I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women.

The more attention you give to your negative feelings, the more they grow, so I think things just start to blow totally out of proportion.