Gillian Jacobs Quotes

I also think the more experienced you get as an actor, you start to hear the conversations about why people get cast and not cast, sometimes it's so arbitrary. They decided the moment you walked in the door. And there's nothing you could have done to sway them, even if you'd the greatest performance of all time.

I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want to survive past the death of society as we know it.

There is a great degree of comfort with your family when you're on a TV show.

As opposed to trying to make a kiss look romantic or sweet or passionate, it's kind of fun to just have the freedom to make it look weird, goofy and awkward.

I like the Moth podcast a lot. I listen to that.

If somebody is deemed more talented within the confines of the school it doesn't mean they're going to have the most successful career.

Nobody knows what the future is, except for wizards.

An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on

I would say 99 percent of the time, you're probably attracted to the other person because it is repairing something that's a little broken in yourself. When you're getting into the relationship, whether that becomes an impediment or the rocket fuel, that's the choice of the person who's in it.

They didn't really encourage my goofy, comedic side at Juilliard.

I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer.

I keep reminding myself, through all the ups and downs of 'Community,' that I might never have another job that really means something to people, the way 'Community' means something to people. [...] That's more powerful than ratings.

A lot of my friends are guys, so I'm used to bro antics.

I think 'Glee' was a freshman comedy, and I think whenever it's your debut season, you get compared a lot to the other shows, regardless if there's any sort of overlap in content or tone or anything, just because you came out in the same year.

I'd say I've gone to grad school for comedy being on "Community."

I haven't done improv since I was in middle school.

If you just look at the number of roles for women versus the number of roles for men in any given film, there are always far more roles for men. That's always been true. When I went to college, I went to Julliard. At that time - and I don't know if this is still true - they always selected fewer women than men for the program, because there were so few roles for women in plays. That was sort of acknowledgment for me of the fact that writers write more roles for men than they do for women.

I did live in New York. Yeah, I moved to L.A. for 'Community.' And I gave up my apartment in New York.

I try to have a very well-rounded group of friends that did a lot of different things and weren't just performers. Because I feel like there's both less feeling of competitiveness, and it put my own career in perspective.

I think I signed some contract, early on in my career, that I will only kiss Steve Carell when I do a movie.

The amazing thing about working on new platforms is that there is a great deal of excitement. You know, these things - they're brand new. They're trying to figure it out. And so if you're a show that they're supporting, they're going to put a tremendous amount of energy behind you. They're open to new ideas, new ways of promoting a show, and I think that feels really exciting, because network TV sort of feels like a formula. They give you a couple of weeks, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, you're most likely going to get cancelled.

'Fresh Air' I listen to, like, every day.

I think we are used to being critical and evaluating ideas.

As you become an adult and start to make your way in life, you realize how much your friends are your family - though you get to make fun of your friends, too.

Thinking back about throwing myself at certain gentlemen that had no interest in me, that'll bring a blush to my face if I think about it too often.

After you do a showcase for agency managers and casting directors and you get this folder and some people had a folder that was thick and some people had a folder that was thin. And there's no fairness to it because it's not a fair business.

I am very up front about about my inability to pronounce things correctly. I said real-uh-tor instead of realtor until about five years ago. I just admit I have no idea how to say Theyskens! Don't be intimidated. Just be honest!

I'd never really done comedy before Community, so getting to work day in and day out with all these great people, directors, writers, and actors, I feel like I've learned a lot.

You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career.

Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.

There's no way to know what's going to happen.

It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.

I feel like the Internet has embraced the pizza dance. I feel appreciated for once in my life.

Your agents and your managers will always say stuff to you like, "It's really important to make a good first impression on a casting director. And even though you didn't get that job, because you did well that means they'll keep bringing you back in." But when you really just need a job to pay your rent, that stops being very consoling.

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on Saturday.

I'm really excited that 'The Other Woman' did so well at the box office, and I hope that will keep encouraging people to make movies about women, starring women, about female friendships. More. Please.

I've been getting into drinking smoothies in the morning - I like those a lot.

I love Opening Ceremony, Kenzo - anything Humberto Leon and Carol Lim touch. I drool over Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Delpozo, and Wes Gordon.

A lot of people watch 'Community,' but DVR viewings only count if you watch within a certain time.

A movie that I've seen probably the most is 'Fanny Alexander,' the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don't know how much they liked me that day.

When you're shooting at 9 A.M. at a club, you have to use all of your acting skills.

There are these important things in some people's lives that can make you laugh even when you're going through a tough time or a stressful week.

When you only hang out with performers, you start to feel like movies and TV and comedy is everything. Especially being in LA, where it feels like you walk into a coffee shop and you see 15 laptops with screenplays being written.

I have a hard time watching people getting punched on screen; I have to close my eyes a lot.

I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways.

In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in class - I wrote about why women should receive equal pay.

I am very up front about about my inability to pronounce things correctly.