It'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 SchillingIt takes a lot of bravery to be authentic and honest and to take that social mask off in order to connect with another human being. So much of what makes us who we are is smoothed away online. And what truly connects us is the wrinkles, not the smoothness.
Taylor SchillingAnd I never thought about how the lights don't go out, so you never really rest, in that way. I never really thought about the intensity of being watched, all the time. Those are some things that I didn't know about prison.
Taylor SchillingI 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 SchillingIf it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating.
Taylor SchillingI had an unorthodox high-school experience; I shifted around to different schools. When I got to college and met Larry Sacharow, who ran the theatre department [at Fordham University in NYC], he was the first person to say โI believe in you.โ At that point, I just needed someone to say โI see you, I get you, letโs go.โ Itโs an amazing thing to borrow someone elseโs confidence in you; it can change your life.
Taylor Schilling