Edi Patterson

“For me, there's a thing that happens, even with the heat in Charleston, where there's a, I don't know, there's just an authenticity suddenly... It feels like where I grew up, and so it immediately can click me into feelings and ideas of family and childhood, and just sort of like human ideas that are rumbling around in all of us.”

“I think all the Gemstones are believers. They're just messing up a lot.”

“I always dug the stuff like the covered dish suppers because I could feel the fun and the joy of what church could be. I could feel God in the more social things; most kids probably feel this way.”

“I had done stuff before, a lot of fun stuff, but 'Vice Principals' was the first one where I was like, 'Oh yeah, this is exactly what I'm supposed to be doing at the exact time I'm supposed to be doing it.'”

“I went to school at Texas State in San Marcos, which is a half hour from Austin.”

“I love so many things about Charleston.”

“You might as well just let it rip because all you've got is this moment.”

“When I went to college I majored in theater with an emphasis on acting. I realized kind of quickly after college you kind of need to live somewhere with industry if you want to make money doing it. You figure out quickly that doing improv and free independent movies doesn't pay you to live.”

“It hurts your feelings when you feel like people are disregarding you, or not giving you the credit that you're due.”

“Actual people never have a giant turnaround that you see in movies, like, 'Now, I'm a different person, and I'm totally better.' I like the big ups and setbacks that the Gemstones have emotionally.”