Lauren Graham Quotes

I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend.

- Lauren Graham

Myself, Always, Saw, Actor

My time at Barnard was fun but stressful. I transferred there from the acting conservatory at NYU, and my Rolling Around On the Floor Pretending to Be a Lion classes didn't translate into many academic credits.

- Lauren Graham

Pretending, Transferred, Conservatory

I've seen 'The Godfather Part II,' 'Broadcast News,' and 'Annie Hall' more than 20 times each.

- Lauren Graham

News, More, Broadcast, Annie

I dream of playing Lady Cora's sister on 'Downton Abbey.'

- Lauren Graham

Dream, Abbey, Downton Abbey, I Dream

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

- Lauren Graham

Shade, Always, Classes, Pilates

All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline.

- Lauren Graham

Shows, TV, TV Shows, Storyline

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

- Lauren Graham

Break, Take, Then, Pledge

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

- Lauren Graham

Date, Like, Had, Homecoming

I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less I think about it.

- Lauren Graham

Been, I Think, About, Struggle

I've always thought my strengths were I'm smart, and I have a good sense of humor. I definitely struggle with feeling confident.

- Lauren Graham

Sense Of Humor, Always, Struggle

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.

- Lauren Graham

Deep, Advice, Fact, Sweater

These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone one will recognize me and say: 'I really like your show.'

- Lauren Graham

Bad, Show, Your, Possibly

As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair.

- Lauren Graham

Politics, Increasingly, Shocking

I really think if you're trying to look good, do something athletic. I have a little mini tramp, and sometimes I'll just try to jump for 20 minutes. It gets your blood circulating, and that always looks really pretty.

- Lauren Graham

Good, Sometimes, Your, Tramp

I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.

- Lauren Graham

More, Made, Actual, Season

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.

- Lauren Graham

Doing, Couple, Moved, Braces

Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

- Lauren Graham

Think, Some, Agency, Spy

I've learned a lot from trainers over the years, but mainly that you need discipline to stay in the gym and out of the many fine cupcake emporiums on every corner.

- Lauren Graham

Need, Over, Learned, Trainers

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?

- Lauren Graham

Young, Craft, Before, Young Actors

I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.

- Lauren Graham

Love, Next, Some, Not Knowing

I love doing the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle, even on the days I can't finish it.

- Lauren Graham

Love, Doing, New, New York Times

What I remember about coming to L.A. is that suddenly work was as big a presence in my life as my life itself.

- Lauren Graham

My Life, Big, I Remember, Presence

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

- Lauren Graham

Single, How, Were, Worried

One thing I've learned is I actually don't like variety very much. I like having the same thing over and over: assorted lean proteins, arugula salad, quinoa or brown rice with soy sauce, olive oil, lemon, and salt. Those ingredients can pretty much get me through the week.

- Lauren Graham

Salad, Through, Very, Ingredients

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.

- Lauren Graham

My Life, Big, Deal, Dated

I get a delivery of a diet food during the week, which doesn't mean that I don't eat the occasional Krispy Kreme doughnut.

- Lauren Graham

Week, Delivery, Which, Doughnut

'Mom' isn't an adjective or a personality; they're not all the same.

- Lauren Graham

Mom, Personality, Same, Adjective

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

- Lauren Graham

Ending, Movie, TV, Demands

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

- Lauren Graham

Parent, Single, Why, Only Child

Having trees and a track to run on have become more important to me than living near cool restaurants.

- Lauren Graham

Living, More, Having, Near

One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials.

- Lauren Graham

Idea, One Of The Things, Ladies

If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high.

- Lauren Graham

Makeup, Hours, Set, Meeting

Honestly, I was such a tomboy as a kid. People were taking from their mothers' closets - I was taking from my dad's closet. It was the '80s, so it wasn't terrible, but I was wearing my dad's dress shirts over jeans from the Gap.

- Lauren Graham

Dress, Kid, Dad, Shirts

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.

- Lauren Graham

Happen, Going, Certain Point, Maximize

As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

- Lauren Graham

Process, Always, Over, Resolved

Sometimes I'll think, 'That was a really nice day. I ate well, I exercised, I called some friends, wasn't working too hard,' but I rarely have one of those.

- Lauren Graham

Think, Sometimes, Some, Ate

Because I have no consistent schedule as an actor, it was difficult to develop one as a writer. Ideally, I'd like to write first thing in the morning, every day. But sometimes I'm called to set before the sun comes up, or I've worked late the night before, or I'm on a plane.

- Lauren Graham

Every Day, Before, Plane, Ideally

Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!

- Lauren Graham

Love, Like, Texting, Care

Honestly, 'Parenthood' was not what I planned. I didn't plan to do another drama. I didn't plan to play a single mom. I didn't plan, even, to do an ensemble show. But I hadn't found anything I liked as much. I just connected to the show.

- Lauren Graham

Play, Another, Honestly, Parenthood

If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.

- Lauren Graham

Management, Normal, Been, Moving

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

- Lauren Graham

Suffering, Like, Either, Wild

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

- Lauren Graham

References, Years, Somebody, Oh My God

I get concerned when I see kids on their phones. They don't read enough anymore, anything longer than a tweet.

- Lauren Graham

Phones, Concerned, Read, Tweet

Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans.

- Lauren Graham

Want, Personally, Ever, Jeans

I have way too many jeans. But I never seem to have a top to wear.

- Lauren Graham

Top, Never, Too, Jeans

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

- Lauren Graham

Love, New, Discovering, Jeans

My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.

- Lauren Graham

London, Had, Plays, School Plays

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

- Lauren Graham

Television, Like, No Sense, Shock

The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.

- Lauren Graham

Television, Bring, Anybody, Anybody Else

I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

- Lauren Graham

Beauty, Grow, Identifying, Smart

Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene.

- Lauren Graham

Work, More, Sure, Specific

Belly buttons are cool!

- Lauren Graham

Cool, Belly, Buttons

Acting is the most bizarre profession. You can stay in it for years and not really be in it and be waiting for someone to give you an opportunity. It's like when I watch 'American Idol' and see people who have been told to believe in themselves at all costs: It's not always a good idea.

- Lauren Graham

Waiting, Been, Bizarre, American Idol

Perspective is the most important thing to have in life.

- Lauren Graham

Important, Most, Perspective

When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.

- Lauren Graham

Show, Been, Creator, Longest

The thing about good writing is it has a music to it.

- Lauren Graham

Music, Writing, About, Good Writing

You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.

- Lauren Graham

Financial, Want, Supposed, Gain

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

- Lauren Graham

Job, Reality, TV, Reality TV

None of my characters have really had jobs.

- Lauren Graham

Jobs, Had, Characters, None

I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.

- Lauren Graham

Important, Looks, Would, However

Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.

- Lauren Graham

Possible, Like, Dad, Celebrate

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