A biography for Abigail Spencerhasn’t been written yet.
“'The Philadelphia Story' is one of my favorite movies, as is 'Bringing Up Baby.'”
“Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.”
“My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug 'Vanity Fair.' You feel smarter, somehow, for reading it.”
“Unless you paddle for the wave, you'll never know if you could catch it. But once you do... Ride it as long as you can. Love as long as you can.”
“Florida surfers learn how to be great on mediocre waves. It trains you, gives you endurance.”
“'Rectify' has been beautiful and emotional but grueling. In a beautiful way, in the right way.”
“Chris Messina is awesome. He's amazing.”
“What happened with 'Mad Men' was I had just had my child, I was in a very literally and creatively fertile time in my life, and I wasn't leaving the house much. So when 'Mad Men' came along, I was so excited to leave the house. Like, I get to go do this beautiful thing.”
“I have ice cream every week. Maybe twice. I live for ice cream, but not just any ice cream. It has to be locally sourced and usually somewhere I can walk to.”
“I love the Gulf of Mexico.”