A biography for Alexis Bledelhasn’t been written yet.
“I really enjoy working, you know, on streaming outlets because there's so much creative control for the creators of the shows, and, you know, you're allowed to make such great television.”
“In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.”
“It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.”
“I like period pieces.”
“I did one year at NYU, and I'd love to go back there someday.”
“Give me a hot drink, and I'm happy. Hot cider, hot chocolate, coffee... I like all winter beverages!”
“It gets kinda monotonous, but that's television. There are plus sides and down sides. The positive side is that you have steady work for nine months of the year for however many years your show is on TV,.”
“I always thought that I would work behind the camera, because it's a more comfortable place for me to be, really.”
“I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.”
“Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to.”
“Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.”
“I remember seeing the performance Samantha Morton did in 'Sweet and Low Down' where she didn't speak at all, and I loved it so much because she got to do so much work just by expressing herself in her body and her face. With expressions, it wasn't necessary to speak. I find that appealing.”
“A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.”
“Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.”
“I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some.”
“Sylvia Plath wasn't scared of exploring the darker side of her psyche.”
“I think there's so much to play in adolescence; there's so many conflicting things happening and so many changes, and there's just a lot of good stuff to play there as an actor.”
“I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange.”