Lauren Graham

“I've always really liked being active. I do Spinning classes, I run, I have a trainer, I do Pilates with my sister Shade.”

“I must work harder to achieve my goal of not seeking approval from those whose approval I'm not even sure is important to me.”

“It's great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV.”

“Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single!”

“I'm nice, and I show up on time.”

“All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100!”

“I'm baffled when young actors aren't familiar with current film, television and theater, or aren't interested in older films or plays and the history of the craft in general. If you don't know what's out there, and what came before, then how can you picture yourself working, and how can anyone else?”

“I take the no-doughnut pledge, and then I break it.”

“I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending.”

“For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look 'no date for homecoming.'”

“Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.”

“Just for daily wear, I love discovering new jeans companies.”

“Belly buttons are cool!”

“In my experience, there’s no secret to accomplishing almost any goal worth pursuing.”

“Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me.”

“I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.”

“We moved in 8th grade, so 7th grade I was doing okay, and then 8th grade, everything fell apart. I had no fashion sense to speak of. We only had a couple of hair care products back then. We didn't have all these things to tame your hair. I had glasses; I had braces. I had it all.”

“As an actor, you have to maximize your time, because you don't know what's going to happen in your 50s and 60s and 70s. It's like the career of an athlete: For many people, it ends at a certain point.”

“The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.”

“The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.”