I definitely felt by the time I got to grad school - which was a great experience - I was like, Whats the difference between the teachers and the students? Why are the teachers teachers if they want to be acting? It didnt make sense to me anymore. Its not like you learn how to set a broken bone and you get the stamp of approval.
Taylor SchillingI had a hard time on TV, the last time on television, so I wasn't sure that I wanted to do that again. But, I really am a big fan of Jenji and I knew this is her next thing, so I read it. And once I read the script, I was really, really impressed that there was a woman who was the centerpiece of her own story, and that she was in the center of her own narrative.
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 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 wanted to wear a uniform when I was in high school, but I couldn't. I was like, "It would be so much easier!"
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