I'm just not self-deprecating. Katy Mixon More Quotes by Katy Mixon More Quotes From Katy Mixon A lot of people don't know that my background is completely classical. For a while there, I was all about Molière and the Greeks and Brecht and Tennessee Williams. Katy Mixon tennesseegreekpeople My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my sophomore and junior year in college, when I was just 19 years old. I got paid $250 every two weeks, 10 shows a week, to be in the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I was Calpurnia in 'Julius Caesar.' Katy Mixon utahcollegejobs You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey. Katy Mixon accentssouthernhoney I'm loving 'We Are Young,' by Fun. Really gets the morning rockin' to a great start. Katy Mixon youngmorningfun It's just a whole different vibe with improv. As an actor I just kind of exercise within my environment and adjust depending on where I'm at. Katy Mixon actorsdifferentexercise If you're not getting it perfect, life is still going to go around. The world still turns. It's going to be OK. Tomorrow is a new day. Katy Mixon dayyoutomorrowlife You literally just have to celebrate who you are, because that's a beautiful thing. Katy Mixon justyoucelebratebeautiful Out here in California, in the Pacific Ocean, the sharks have a bad attitude. Katy Mixon badsharksoceanattitude You have to keep your eyes wide open and your head high and realize that you are going to be OK. I do this with work and with being a mom - I'm a true believer that it's OK to fail, and that there is power in getting back up on the horse. Katy Mixon eyesyoupowerwork I'm such a fan of the glass being half full. Katy Mixon glassbeinghalf-fullhalf Pensacola isn't Florida, really. It's the Panhandle. It's right up there near Alabama and Louisiana. It's, like, a stroll away from New Orleans. I feel like New Orleans is home. Katy Mixon newfeellikehome A lot of people don't know that my background is completely classical. For a while there, I was all about Moliere and the Greeks and Brecht and Tennessee Williams. Katy Mixon backgroundaboutknowpeople 'Eastbound & Down' is giving you a rhythm. It's just a whole different vibe with improv. As an actor I just kind of exercise within my environment and adjust depending on where I'm at. Katy Mixon downyouenvironmentgiving I never let the media dictate my identity, so the fact that I'm a size 14 or a size 2 or a size 8 or a size 4, I kind of rock and roll. It doesn't matter to me. Katy Mixon merock-and-rollmediaidentity My whole thing is there is nobody else like you in this whole world. Katy Mixon nobodylikeyouworld I went to the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Katy Mixon carnegiedramaschool I grew up with six girls and one boy, so my innate instinct of who I am - I'm the third oldest, and I helped raise all of my younger sisters. I just fall into that aspect - that motherhood - naturally. Katy Mixon boyi-ammotherhoodfall It doesn't matter what gender you are, or it doesn't matter what other background you come from: everybody deals with insecurity. Katy Mixon yougenderinsecuritymatter Everybody understands, for whatever reason, what it's like to not fit in, or not do it right, or not be perfect. Katy Mixon whateverlikereasonperfect Katie Otto goes after stuff she doesn't feel is right, and she stands up for it. I do that too, just kind of in a slightly kinder way because I'm from the South. Katy Mixon shefeeljustway
