A biography for Madeline Brewerhasn’t been written yet.
“When I first read the scenes I got to audition, I just could tell there was obviously something there. The writing speaks for itself, but also it's just the fact that 'The Handmaid's Tale' is such an amazing story. I had never read the book before I auditioned.”
“'The Handmaid's Tale' will blow people away.”
“For some people, makeup is their war paint; that's putting their best foot forward. Others feel better with no makeup. It's so personal - who are we to judge?”
“When I went in for the 'Orange' audition, I was just doing what my agency told me to do. Truth be told, I wasn't prepared. I didn't even know how to prepare. I couldn't remember my lines.”
“I'm realizing that a lot of people don't really care what happens to other people as long as it doesn't affect them.”
“Every time I've talked about the Republic of Gilead, I always say, 'The still-fictional Republic of Gilead.'”
“I'm not exactly a religious person, but I am very spiritual.”
“I'm, like, a tiny musical theater fairy.”
“After 'Orange' wrapped and my character wrapped, I felt like I went through a bit of a mourning period.”
“The women of Gilead have so little power.”
“I really enjoyed entering a new world and getting to know a new character - the world of 'Grimm' and becoming a Wesen.”
“Step outside your comfort zone because that's the only way you're going to grow.”
“Any story about a powerful woman owning herself in any way is automatically deemed feminist.”
“I trained classically for 11 years and then studied musical theater at AMDA New York. My dad is a singer-songwriter, so I followed in his footsteps.”
“You can never just write off a person as crazy. I think that is the most inhumane thing you can do to someone without physically abusing them.”
“Filming with Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Natasha Lyonne, it just blew my mind.”
“I miss my family, and I miss the New Jersey beaches. They have beaches here in L.A., but they aren't the same.”
“When you're on set, you're constantly surrounded by people - talking to people, being touched by people. So I like to just spend time with myself.”
“None of the atrocities in 'The Handmaid's Tale' are pure fiction. Everything Margaret wrote was something that has happened somewhere in the world to human beings.”
“Clothes should always feel personal.”