I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and being paid a pittance, and sort of scrounging by in New York and sleeping on a chair that folded out into a bed. Gillian Jacobs More Quotes by Gillian Jacobs More Quotes From Gillian Jacobs Thinking back about throwing myself at certain gentlemen that had no interest in me, that'll bring a blush to my face if I think about it too often. Gillian Jacobs gentleman faces thinking My poor, problematic feet don't let me wear anything much over a three- or four-inch heel. Gillian Jacobs four three feet I would love it if 'Community' could have a trajectory like '30 Rock' and choose when to go out. Gillian Jacobs trajectory rocks community I think in theater it demands that you say the same words every night and make it feel fresh and new. Improv demands that you be operating at the highest level of your creativity intelligence. So these two skills are both very important but I've seen people who are very skilled at one area struggle with the other. Either improvisers feel constrained by having to say the same thing over and over again or people who are really good at doing scripted work feel intimidated and exposed doing improvisation. Gillian Jacobs creativity struggle night 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. Gillian Jacobs fighting mom kids There is a great degree of comfort with your family when you're on a TV show. Gillian Jacobs tv-shows degrees comfort A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don't think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with. Gillian Jacobs college school thinking I think if I was in over 250 films, the world would get pretty sick of me. I would probably never get put in anything ever again. Gillian Jacobs sick world thinking As you become an adult and start to make your way in life, you realize how much your friends are your family - though you get to make fun of your friends, too. Gillian Jacobs way-in-life adults fun I think we've probably all read a word that we've never heard pronounced out loud, and we try it out in a sentence and fall on our face. Gillian Jacobs trying fall thinking A movie that I've seen probably the most is 'Fanny Alexander,' the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don't know how much they liked me that day. Gillian Jacobs bergman know-how long Without agreement you just have people arguing. Gillian Jacobs agreement arguing people I am wrestling with the overalls trend. I wore so many pairs in junior high, and no one thought they were cute. Perhaps I'll try them cuffed with a tasteful crop top? Gillian Jacobs cute trying wrestling When you're shooting at 9 A.M. at a club, you have to use all of your acting skills. Gillian Jacobs acting skills use College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund. Gillian Jacobs here-and-there saving college I think that it is important to establish a world of place for the characters in improv and there is nothing to be gained from disagreeing about that. So you have to establish the principle that if some person establishes one thing we're all going to go along with it and that we are all building from it. Gillian Jacobs important character thinking My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs. Gillian Jacobs grandfather faces laughing It is important to stop being critical and judging ideas as good or bad because I think if somebody doesn't have a lot of experience you worry their idea is going to be bad, it's not going to be good enough, if not going to be active enough and so you can start to think critically about people's suggestions or what they bring to it but once you get out of that and think whatever they come up with is the right thing right now and so I'm just going to build on it just makes everything so much easier and better. Gillian Jacobs people ideas thinking I think we are used to being critical and evaluating ideas. Gillian Jacobs used ideas thinking I also have learned as an actor, this ties in the principles of improv, sometimes someone gives a piece of instruction and my first reaction is "I don't want to do that." I've always learned that every time I just say yes and go for it something happens. Whether it's what the intent of the direction was or not or something new happens. It's just remaining open to other people's ideas. Gillian Jacobs ties people ideas
