I'm totally an anxious mess all the time. There's a constant dialogue going on in my brain, and it's just reminding me of all the failures that I have had, and all of the things I need to do, and all of the things I'm not doing good enough. Aubrey Plaza More Quotes by Aubrey Plaza More Quotes From Aubrey Plaza Well, I was obsessed with Judy Garland growing up. Like, obsessed. Aubrey Plaza garlands obsessed growing-up My first boyfriend that I ever had, actually sang a song that he wrote for me on-stage to ask me out. That was pretty romantic. Aubrey Plaza stage song firsts Tina Fey is one of my heroes. Aubrey Plaza my-hero fey hero I want to go to New Zealand. I have no idea what it's like, and in my head, everyone lives in/on an ice lake, so I'd like to come stay. Aubrey Plaza ice lakes ideas It would be hilarious if I worked in a bowling alley. Aubrey Plaza alleys bowling would-be I obviously bring all of my insecurities along with me to any role that I tackle. Aubrey Plaza insecurity roles The female love interest is boring to me. A female that's interesting, smart, funny - that's what I'm drawn to. I wouldn't say that every character has to be smart, but she has to have one trait I can relate to. Aubrey Plaza smart character interesting I'm pretty good at weaseling my way into a job, even if I have no business being there. Aubrey Plaza women jobs way I definitely can relate to being down and closed-off at certain times in my life. Aubrey Plaza relate down-and certain I'm going to create my own opportunities. If I can't find the roles I want, I'll just make them. Aubrey Plaza roles want opportunity I love great acting, as nerdy as that sounds. Aubrey Plaza nerdy acting sound Writing is hard - writing is the hardest. Aubrey Plaza hard hardest writing With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh. Aubrey Plaza love-you jobs laughing I would never do a commercial for something that is embarrassing, and I think that people maybe have a different perspective on what is embarrassing or not. Some people think doing a Revlon hair commercial is really cool. To me, that's embarrassing, but World of Warcraft: not embarrassing, very cool. Aubrey Plaza hair people thinking When I was in high school I was a really huge 'SNL' fan. I remember the cast around the time I started watching it - Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, Cheri O'Teri, Tracy Morgan. I did research to find out how people got on the show. Their bios always said they came from an improv team, so I started taking classes. Aubrey Plaza team class school There's no photo-shoot academy. If there was, I'd probably be kicked out. Aubrey Plaza photo-shoots academy ifs I think it's nice to get a break from all of the big Hollywood comic book action-movies and see something that's relatable and funny and interesting. Aubrey Plaza nice book thinking There are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have to work with and to draw off of. Aubrey Plaza draws play character I'm not a super emotional person, so that's one reason I love acting - it makes me deal with myself in that kind of way. Aubrey Plaza emotional acting way I can't say I follow politics extremely closely, but I'm definitely aware of what's going on in the world. Aubrey Plaza i-can world