Amber Tamblyn Quotes

I've been kind of submerged in my own little geographic location for a really long time in Venice Beach

I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress.

Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.

If it comes back, I think that Friday night is not a good night to be on.

If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT TERRIFIES YOU, MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I got the role and when I started doing it.

Honestly, I am not trying to discourage anyone from becoming an actress, but if you want to become one be prepared to face everything that comes - along with it

I have tons of jewelry. I like to wear a lot of it

I haven't had a lot of celebrities around me growing up.

A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction

This will be the fourth time I've seen this film. I'm very proud of it and I think it's a great movie for women of any age. And almost every single man I've talked to has admitted to crying.

A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next

My advice is to make acting your second career choice

My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad.

My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like Jack Hirschman.

One of my good friends is Christian, goes to church every Sunday, very religious. I'm fine with that and I will never judge her.

I think any time you have too much education in one certain field, that can sometimes play against you

People in real life cuss God out when they're angry. That's all real.

People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.

My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.

I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help.

But I didn't even see God in the show as being very spiritual, I see him or her, it, as being something that is just relevant and very important in her life.

Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends.

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry

Just because you grow up in the public eye doesn't mean that you're immune to the same sort of issues and feelings that any other woman would go through.

I think it's hard to be taken seriously as a poet, period.

The poetry when I was a kid felt like something that I could control, and whether it failed or not, whether it was good or not, was totally on me and I could accept that. It was entirely mine.

I could never say that one religion is wrong. I could never say that this person's God is wrong, I could never say that someone is wrong because they don't believe in God

I think I relate to all the characters in one way or another. I'm a chameleon like that

And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.

I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality

When people ask me what I do for a living, I always say, "I get rejected for a living." And that's true.

I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality.