Constance Zimmer

“I'm obsessed with lip stuff. I have to have stuff on my lips at all times.”

“Being on 'House of Cards' really has given me so much more than just a job; the interactions I have had with real White House correspondents, other journalists and bloggers relating to my character Janine - and their thanking me for representing them - has been extraordinary.”

“Everybody is flawed, not just men.”

“I definitely learned about the inner workings of campaigns enough to know that I'm glad that I'm not in politics.”

“When we change our body types for other people, it's very hard to sustain it, but when you're keeping up a body type for what makes you happy and what makes you feel good, you can sustain that because you're like, 'I feel great.'”

“I've been in the fortunate position of playing these strong, snarky female characters since Dana Gordon on 'Entourage.'”

“I never watched reality shows. I was obviously very aware of them because they're everywhere, but I was not somebody who watched them.”

“I don't really rehearse, because I don't really step into action until I'm forced to. The only way I prepare is just by memorizing it backward and forward so that when I get in the room, I can become the character and not think about the lines so much.”

“In politics, they play games. In Hollywood, they play games. I think that, overall, everybody is trying to do whatever it takes to get ahead.”

“For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.”

“I modeled a little bit of Quinn on 'UnREAL' after Ari Gold and Anna Wintour combined.”

“There are people that have closed themselves off so much because they've been hurt so much in their lives.”

“Everybody always thinks I'm a lesbian because I'm a very tough broad. I have a lot of lesbian fans.”

“I think I brush the surface of being involved politically with the issues and the personalities in the news.”

“You don't realize it till you get older as an actor, but all the parts you've gotten have led you up to today - good, bad, and otherwise.”

“You always want to have a mix of conservatives and liberals on a panel, especially on election night.”

“I really think you get the jobs you're supposed to get. And don't stress over the jobs that you don't. That would have saved me so many tears and so much frustration.”

“I was such a huge 'Seinfeld' fan, and I walked on the set, and I saw Kramer. I walked into Jerry's apartment, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this is Jerry's apartment.'”

“In my 20s, it was very hard to go, 'I'm heavier than that girl.' Getting older makes a huge difference.”

“I have the Muji pen that has different colors. My daughter loves to play hangman, or we draw. It's important you can draw a rainbow at all times.”