Gillian Jacobs Quotes - Page 3

Apparently, I have good feet for ballet.

I've been getting into drinking smoothies in the morning - I like those a lot.

Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.

Boy, you know, it's amazing how your brain can turn into a sieve, and you can literally forget episodes that you have shot.

Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

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.

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

Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.

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

I used to like to make myself sad, so I would listen to Bill Callahan as Smog.

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

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.

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

I haven't done improv since I was in middle school.

I don't think I've ever been mistaken for anyone.

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

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

I think that initially all I wanted to do was work as an actress, and then, as I started to work more consistently, you start to maybe want to challenge yourself in different ways, so I think it's something that developed over time - this desire to direct and also to produce. I think as you watch other actresses do it so successfully and so gracefully, you're like, I think that would be fun! It's definitely something that has become more of a priority for me.

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

The amazing thing about working on new platforms is that there is a great deal of excitement. You know, these things - they're brand new. They're trying to figure it out. And so if you're a show that they're supporting, they're going to put a tremendous amount of energy behind you. They're open to new ideas, new ways of promoting a show, and I think that feels really exciting, because network TV sort of feels like a formula. They give you a couple of weeks, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, you're most likely going to get cancelled.

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

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 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.

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

I keep reminding myself, through all the ups and downs of 'Community,' that I might never have another job that really means something to people, the way 'Community' means something to people. [...] That's more powerful than ratings.