Linda Cardellini

“Just because someone isn't working at an office doesn't mean they're not working hard at something.”

“I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.'”

“I thought, 'When I get pregnant, someone will be looking for a pregnant woman. I'll do a movie about a pregnant woman.' But that didn't happen.”

“I'm a huge Ang Lee fan and a huge Larry McMurtry fan.”

“Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.”

“I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.”

“I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.”

“You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the actor personally. That's something that you know when you become an actor or actress, but it's always hard to deal with when it actually happens.”

“One of my favorite things to do is not to speak on screen. In theater it's different because there's a lot of emphasis on language - it's a different medium. But that is one of the most wonderful things about film. A person's face can say so much more than their voice can.”

“Some people go through a rebellious phase, and they separate and understand that they're not who their family thinks they are.”

“My mom is a very independent person, and she's the funniest, smartest person in the room, all the time.”

“I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience.”

“I learned that on kids' shows, you have to eat a lot of stuff. A lot of the humor comes from food and gross-out humor.”

“I started in theatre, moved into film and television, and started doing voice work, which is funny because after a long time in film and television, you forget how much you rely on just a simple look on your face.”

“I think, you know, actors rely on each other all the time.”

“I'm so grateful that the Internet and the DVD came along because, otherwise, something like 'Freaks And Geeks' would have been dead. At the time we made the show, those avenues weren't really available, and the idea of the show carrying on after it was canceled was something that didn't really happen.”

“I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.”

“The first time I ever experienced someone hating something I did on television was on 'Boy Meets World.' I remember these kids coming up to me and calling me a 'home-wrecker,' and so I had flashes of that going into my role on 'Mad Men.'”

“It's fun, with 'Bloodline,' because people who come up and recognize me for that really want to know what's happening. The people who have binge-watched it are very obsessed with the characters, which I love.”

“I think there's this thing that happens when you're younger: The things that you want are different than when you're older, and sometimes the person that you liked when you were a teenager is not necessarily the person that you would want to settle down with for the rest of your life once you're older, more mature, and have kids.”