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Gillian Jacobs Quotes

There is a great degree of comfort with your family when you’re on a TV show.

– Gillian Jacobs

I can’t tell you the number of people that are like, ‘Has anyone ever told you you look like a blonde Liv Tyler?’ And at this point, I’m like, ‘Yes… yes, I’ve been told that.’ I mean, she’s beautiful. It’s not like I’m not totally flattered by it, but then again, I think I look like myself.

– Gillian Jacobs

A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don’t think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with.

– Gillian Jacobs

We all wish there were more ‘Bridesmaids’ out there.

– Gillian Jacobs

You know it’s a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.

– Gillian Jacobs

I always want to do something I haven’t done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

– Gillian Jacobs

I have a lot of good stories for talk shows about the conditions in which I worked.

– Gillian Jacobs

I troll Instagram, Style.com, Elle.com.

– Gillian Jacobs

What I think is a really special movie is ‘Black and White’ with Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, which Mike Binder directed. I got to see a screening of it, and I think Kevin and Octavia and Anthony Mackie and Bill Burr all give such beautiful performances in that movie.

– Gillian Jacobs

They didn’t really encourage my goofy, comedic side at Juilliard.

– Gillian Jacobs

‘The New Yorker’s fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in ‘The New Yorker.’

– Gillian Jacobs

In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in class – I wrote about why women should receive equal pay.

– Gillian Jacobs

Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.

– Gillian Jacobs

In Los Angeles, sometimes it’s hard to find a magazine stand, let alone one that has the magazine that you want. So I find that the longer I live in L.A., the more digitally I consume.

– Gillian Jacobs

I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.

– Gillian Jacobs

I did live in New York. Yeah, I moved to L.A. for ‘Community.’ And I gave up my apartment in New York.

– Gillian Jacobs

I love discovering new young brands and watching these fashion lines take off, like Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, and Clover Canyon.

– Gillian Jacobs

As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work.

– Gillian Jacobs

I always had an easier time with adults. Somehow, I was always old! I still feel old.

– Gillian Jacobs

My mom wouldn’t let me buy clothes she didn’t like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.

– Gillian Jacobs

I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I wanted to to be a Supreme Court justice, but didn’t want to be a lawyer. I just wanted to go straight to being a justice.

– Gillian Jacobs

I think there’s a sort of satisfaction in defying people’s expectations.

– Gillian Jacobs

It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.

– Gillian Jacobs

My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. I’m trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing.

– Gillian Jacobs

I feel like the Internet has embraced the pizza dance. I feel appreciated for once in my life.

– Gillian Jacobs

As you become an adult and start to make your way in life, you realize how much your friends are your family – though you get to make fun of your friends, too.

– Gillian Jacobs

I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and being paid a pittance, and sort of scrounging by in New York and sleeping on a chair that folded out into a bed.

– Gillian Jacobs

I’ve always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She’s so talented and funny, and she’s become this force of nature – directing, producing. Being around her is kind of inspiring.

– Gillian Jacobs

I love Opening Ceremony, Kenzo – anything Humberto Leon and Carol Lim touch. I drool over Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Delpozo, and Wes Gordon.

– Gillian Jacobs

I like passionate fandom.

– Gillian Jacobs

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