I don't have a Twitter account. Anna Chlumsky More Quotes by Anna Chlumsky More Quotes From Anna Chlumsky I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating. Anna Chlumsky surround people I pray every night. I just talk to God and I can go to sleep. I don't worry anymore. Anna Chlumsky worry sleep night First, I was a fact checker for Zagat and then I was an editorial assistant for HarperCollins publishing house. Anna Chlumsky publishing-house assistants firsts An actor's responsibility is to play a character truthfully. That's their responsibility. That's where it ends. If they choose to use their reach and accessibility in order to further something that matters to them, that's their choice and that's great - but it's not for anybody to choose it for them. Anna Chlumsky choices responsibility character I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I'll watch. Anna Chlumsky black-and-white tvs watches When I graduated from college I thought I was over with show business and was pursuing other things. Anna Chlumsky show-business college shows You can ask any set decorator on any set where I've had to be in an office, I always kind of claim it - I put Post-its everywhere, and I kind of make it look lived-in. Anna Chlumsky office kind looks Day-to-day scheduling is always a conflict. You go, "Oh, I want to go to that awards show because when am I ever going to do that again?" But then you go, "Yeah...except this other thing is more important." It's more the micro day-to-day stuff that becomes a daily task as opposed to worrying too much about the career. Anna Chlumsky conflict important worry It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons. Anna Chlumsky acting reason school I watched 'My Girl' as an adult pretty recently, and it's a good movie. Anna Chlumsky good-movie adults girl Supposedly I haven't changed. Anna Chlumsky i-havent-changed changed havens There's a theory out there that if you're in a public profession you're fair game. I couldn't disagree with that idea more. Especially with children - half the time they don't choose to be in that profession. For people to objectify other people's lives - kids or not - I find very tedious and tiresome. People who have a craft, that's their job. Their job isn't to create fodder for other people who are bored. Anna Chlumsky kids children people In order to satirize adequately, I think you need to bring people down to Earth and be like, 'Yeah, these people drink coffee and have tummy troubles and they go to the bathroom like anybody else, and they all have relationship problems, if they even have relationships.' Anna Chlumsky coffee order thinking Kids are truthful by nature. Anna Chlumsky truthful kids People have good and bad days. Anna Chlumsky good-and-bad bad-day people As actors we're supposed to be our character's advocate. Anna Chlumsky I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting. Anna Chlumsky too-much acting taste Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers,' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth! Anna Chlumsky gold waiting mind Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have something to fall back on! Anna Chlumsky growing-up school fall I've been poked fun of throughout my career by fellow actors for my notes that I take. I have spiral notebooks that I carry with me on every project I do, and I take notes just so that if I have to relive a scene, if I have to go back, I know what I did. Anna Chlumsky notebook careers fun
