Gillian Quotes

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

My mom wouldn't know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face.

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.

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

Sometimes I think I won't ever feel safe until I can count my last days on one hand.

Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial - you'd think all women do is clean and bleed.

I was raised feral, and I mostly stayed that way.

A child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort.

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

I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative ways to help externalize what they're thinking.

I've had a very positive experience in LA in the comedy world and found everyone to be very nice and welcoming. It's been really fun.

Bitterness doesn't serve you any good. And it really tells you more about how you feel about yourself than anything you feel about your friends.

If somebody is deemed more talented within the confines of the school it doesn't mean they're going to have the most successful career.

Rather than just becoming embittered by your friends' success, I think it can motivate you.

I first came to LA auditioning during pilot season. I didn't really know anyone. The only people I'd meet were the girls I was up against at auditions. It wasn't the friendliest bunch.

The main fun of being an actor is that you get to bounce around to a lot of different worlds.

I've been making Vine videos for a couple of months. They're just six-second little videos, but I really have fun doing them. It's just fun to feel like you created something.

I've been in a lot of indie movies, where we didn't necessarily have permits or permission. I've even run from the cops in the New York City subways!

An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on

Without agreement you just have people arguing.

I try to not go over things from the past. Learn your lessons and then let it go.

I always try to have a bigger picture view of my career. But that didn't mean that I didn't cry about not getting jobs.

I think we are used to being critical and evaluating ideas.

You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career.

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

You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.

It's really nice when life comes full circle and you get to work with people four years down the line.

You can only do so many serious dramas in a row before you want to break. You want a change.

It's funny shooting movies because you get to see clubs during daylight hours, which no one should ever see - it's not pretty; there's a reason the lighting is dim in there.

I've gotten super into restaurants in L.A., so I try to go to different restaurants all the time that's a good way to explore L.A.: you can drive to a restaurant and discover a new neighborhood.

I had kissed a girl in the second season of 'Community,' but that was my first time kissing a girl ever, and I was so nervous, I almost knocked Brit Marling's teeth out.

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.

I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want to survive past the death of society as we know it.

I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.

My imagination is more tweaked by imagining the lives of the people who were there before us. I don't need to give myself the willies. I'm quite good at that - I can freak myself out wherever I am.

Accept your failure, move on, and don't torture yourself.

Inspiration strikes at very funny times.

There's no right one way to go through life.

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

The nice part about not being a huge film is that you get to goof around a bit more.

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

I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.

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.

There's no way to know what's going to happen.

I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'

I am very up front about about my inability to pronounce things correctly.

Nobody knows what the future is, except for wizards.

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.

Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.

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