I always feel like I'm so busy. Janina Gavankar More Quotes by Janina Gavankar More Quotes From Janina Gavankar I know that you have to be reserved about certain things in your life. Janina Gavankar reservedcertainknows I did all the musicals in my high school; I was in a pop group signed to Cash Money Records in college. Music has always been a really big part of my life. Janina Gavankar groupscollegeschool Id rather be with Dracula than the Wolfman. Janina Gavankar I've always done the safest thing, which is to assume that it's going to feel like that, to assume that you're going to feel like a freshman in a group of seniors - if you expect the worst, then it's never going to be that bad. Janina Gavankar seniorassumingdone I grew up playing classical piano and percussion. Janina Gavankar pianogrewgrew-up Today's imaginary band name: The Significan't. Janina Gavankar bandnamestoday I am definitely not the normal girl. I'm not some skinny blond, you know? I chose strong over skinny. So, I am honored that people think I'm sexy. I'm just really happy people accept me as I am and I don't have to change. Janina Gavankar sexygirlstrong I am a big gamer. I am kind of in the beginning stages of creating a graphic novel entity that would encompass a game and a movie. I would die happy if I could be a voice in a game that I would actually play and create easter eggs with the team. That's my dream. Janina Gavankar teameasterdream I always talk about if you want to be an artist, you have to be authentic because people can tell bullshit a mile away. There is nothing wrong with creating a character, standing behind that character, and that being an authentic performance piece, because that's a piece of art as well. But if you want to be an artist in any form, you have to know to come with it. Janina Gavankar characterpeopleart I'm a musician - music will never go away - but my focus is acting, and I started late so I have to play catch-up. So that means I have to work twice as hard in this game. But it will never stop, I think I always feel I have to work twice as hard. Janina Gavankar focusmeanthinking I've always just done things that come naturally, and that's always been surrounding myself with artists that I respect and that are way better at what they do than at what I do. I've worked my ass off to earn the right to get a shot. Janina Gavankar assdoneartist You want to do things that you watched when you grew up. I grew up on The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins and Singin' in the Rain. I watched those, over and over again, so of course, I want to do musicals. Janina Gavankar soundwantrain I want to do a musical so bad. I don't care what it is. I'm not picky. I just want to do a musical. I'm shameless, but it's true. Janina Gavankar musicalcarewant Music informs my work so intensely. The better actor I become, the better pianist I become, and vice versa. Janina Gavankar vice-versaactorsvices Music has always been a part of my life. I make music all the time. Janina Gavankar I've always done a few things at once. I've always been a musician and an actor, at the same time. Janina Gavankar musicianactorsdone If you look at everything I've done, each character is so wildly different from each other, and that's what "The L Word" afforded me the opportunity to do. I want to continue to play characters that are not like me at all, and transform. Janina Gavankar playopportunitycharacter People don't recognize me from gig to gig. They have no idea. But, that's really what I strive to do. I strive to stip myself down completely and build another human and become them. Janina Gavankar gigspeopleideas I think that you really get what you recognize is in the universe. Janina Gavankar universethinking I think there's an innate sexuality that is attached to vampires and werewolves. It's passionate and sexual, undeniably so. Janina Gavankar vampirepassionatethinking
