Ari Graynor Quotes

I was more of the kind of babysitter that liked holding the baby, sort of playing Mom, and then putting the baby to bed and watching TV while eating everything in their kitchen.

I did babysit a little bit when I was young. I prefer babysitting for babies. I always loved babies. I was not as great with kids that wanted to be entertained and that wanted to talk.

I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.

As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.

When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are the people doing the right thing that you can point to as your own moral compass.

It's the people that ultimately are less talented or have less confidence in what they're doing that then try to micro-manage, which lends itself to a less than ideal film.

The best and most talented directors - and I think it goes for people too - are the most confident in giving room to their actors and trusting them.

Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.

I can be such a people pleaser, and so worried about what people are thinking or feeling insecure.

There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy. If I'm in it and if there's a scene that has a great set-up, I will go as far as somebody will let me.

I don't think there's anything more scary than being forced into doing stand-up comedy.

As I've grown as a person and gotten to know myself more - the question of how someone becomes who they become has gotten really interesting to me.

Babies are born whole and then they go through experiences in life that chip away at some of that, and it becomes learned behavior.

Stand-up comedy is still a very male-dominated world. You look at a set list and maybe there's one woman on there.

There is nothing better than a laugh in life. There just isn't.

I think the good news for me in life is that I really trust my instincts when I come to work. Maybe less in life and in love, but in work and in comedic beats, I feel pretty confident.

Twitter's a lot of work! That's the first thing I would say. There's so much pressure to be funny.

I think casting a show is an art form in and of itself. We're all so different - the cast is made up partly of real stand-ups, partly of actors, and then partly of just legendary actors.

What I love about our show is that it's so nuanced and feels very real to me. I think how it explores creativity in general is very real.

It is mind-boggling to me that there are so few movies about female friendship, considering women make up half the movie-going population.