It felt really nice to not have anybody talking about numbers, and no one is talking about ratings. From my experience, it felt like there was one person running the ship and it felt like there was space for Jenji to be at the helm. That's not what I've experienced in television before. It felt more akin to an interesting movie, where there were producers who were really excited by the work and wanted to make space for the director's vision to be sort of shared with an audience. It felt more cohesive.
Taylor SchillingIt's as interesting to me as someday getting to play in some beautiful period piece where the costumes are from a completely different era. This feels as extreme as that, and that's really liberating. It's really liberating to just go 180 from what my life is like. I love that! I love not having to think about clothes. I wanted to wear a uniform when I was in high school, but I couldn't. I was like, "It would be so much easier!"
Taylor SchillingI tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked.
Taylor SchillingSo often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go.
Taylor SchillingThere is something so sad about going online and seeing almost everyone shouting โNotice me, notice me!โ Which is such a human desireโto be acknowledged. But me responding to that with some sort of โYouโre noticed, youโre seenโ only perpetuates the loneliness. Because Iโm not seeing you; Iโm not noticing you. And whoever you are, you so deserve to be noticed and valued. I feel lucky to have not grown up with the Internet because it forced me to get out, struggle and be so messy.
Taylor Schilling