I often think a play gets better and better as you hit a stride because you really find new things. One of the great privileges of doing theater is you get so many at-bats - you get to try it eight times a week and every audience is different, everyday is different.

Jennifer Westfeldt

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Dogs just need you and love, that's all.

Jennifer Westfeldt

and-love dog needs

It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

Jennifer Westfeldt

your-future phones waiting

I always cry at weddings, they're beautiful, and I'm always moved.

Jennifer Westfeldt

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I'm always amazed that if you pick up a script of something you played years ago, it all comes back so quickly. Even in your body, you remember your blocking and how it felt.

Jennifer Westfeldt

amazed block remember

As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.

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My mom and my stepdad are both therapists.

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As an actor on sets, Ive always clocked how hard the crew works, how much longer their days are, how much lesser their glory is - and the fact that their commitment to the work and project is unwavering, no matter the budget.

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actors matter commitment

I think we all learn by doing rather than thinking about doing.

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thinking

The saddest and strangest part of Hollywood to me is the fact that millions of dollars are spent on developing works that never get made. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't understand it.

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Don't be too afraid of failure to learn what you need to learn.

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I think women should support each other's work, encourage each other's work, help develop each other's voices and I think, ultimately, when we can stop having the conversation about 'women filmmakers', and just talk about 'filmmakers', then we'll know we've really gotten somewhere.

Jennifer Westfeldt

support voice thinking

I've seen so many people in my life struggle tremendously to fit into those boxes or to live up to those expectations or pressures put upon them by whatever society's concept of 'normal' is. I get frustrated by rules and regulations. I'm frustrated by things that are exclusive to one particular life choice.

Jennifer Westfeldt

struggle expectations people

In some ways I'm oddly traditional, I've been a serial monogamist since I was 12. I've always tried to work hard and get good grades and be a good person, but I feel like I've also always had a strange defiance of authority or the status quo, I've never understood why things always have to be just one way.

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The hardest thing is never what you think it's going to be.

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I think film is collaboration, and I always want to hear everyone's input.

Jennifer Westfeldt

collaboration want thinking

I guess what I learned about myself is I'm a bit of a socialist; I want everyone on the set to get equal treatment and credit.

Jennifer Westfeldt

equal-treatment credit want

The part that I felt most comfortable with going in was just working with actors and trying to make them feel comfortable and safe so they could find the performance. That part felt organic to me.

Jennifer Westfeldt

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People in theatre work harder than anyone in the world - as far as I'm concerned - as far as sheer output of energy and the rigor and excellence that they maintain doing something every day, or twice a day.

Jennifer Westfeldt

hard-work excellence people

With any independent film, it's all about getting everyone's schedules in line and everything together at the same time and just doing the best you can do when that happens - if it happens.

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Everything I did growing up was with that as the real goal - doing Broadway; doing theatre. That was always the big thrill for me.

Jennifer Westfeldt

growing-up real goal