A biography for Gaby Hoffmannhasn’t been written yet.
“I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.”
“I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.”
“I just want my kids to have the space of childhood to explore themselves as fully as possible.”
“People ask me all the time, 'What is it like being on set for a show about trans people?' And this is a state of normalcy to me.”
“I just had fun making the movies - just being on set - but I didn't really care about the acting part.”
“The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.”
“It's very odd that we have such an easy relationship to violence in this country, and we're still shocked by the female figure.”
“I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.”
“There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.”
“Nudity has never been a big deal to me. I sort of grew up with a lot of it in my family.”
“Anything that needs to be accessed is within me. Even if it's in a circumstance that seems outrageous, I can still just go back to the basic human experience and it's all there.”
“It's so nice that there's all this new space for new, good content. It's good news for us actors, since nobody makes real independent films anymore.”
“Going into my 20s, I was uncertain, trying to figure out what my relationship to acting is.”
“Playing dysfunctional characters or crazy characters is only fun if they're well written. So I have been lucky enough to be asked to play crazy people who are very well written.”
“I grew up with artists and drag queens. These were just my neighbors and friends and the people who are raising me.”
“Everybody I grew up with has incredible self-confidence and self-assurance. We were all loud, outspoken, wild kids and were celebrated for it.”
“Here in America, just as we see such incredible progress happening in one state, we see another state passing absolutely disgusting and oppressive laws against the rights of all sorts of people - transgender people, gay people, women.”
“I just wrapped a new show for Amazon called 'Transparent.'”
“If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.”
“I had a very long home birth. She was almost 10 pounds and did not want to come out.”