I spent 10 years in New York doing theater. Kristen Johnston More Quotes by Kristen Johnston More Quotes From Kristen Johnston I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy. Kristen Johnston In some roles I have to wear fur, and I always make sure it's fake, like in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Faux fur is great because it shows people that faux can look fabulous. Kristen Johnston spy fake people When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time. Kristen Johnston tall people I think it became blurry because I grew up in a very private family. I mixed privacy and secrecy up somewhere along the line. Everything became a secret, and I thought that was how you should live. Lying about everything. The mask I put on as a kid to survive was the funny lady. Then the funny person all of a sudden became harder to do without substances. Substances let me keep the mask on longer. Until it doesn't work anymore and you're just a mess. Kristen Johnston kids lying thinking And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same. Kristen Johnston different want I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence. Kristen Johnston resorts violence strong May I say, if you were suddenly put into a woman's body, wouldn't you be slightly interested in your breasts, and why people look at certain parts of you, and why certain parts move like they do? Kristen Johnston people looks moving It's a very lonely place, being an addict. Kristen Johnston addict lonely I was a full foot taller than any child my age. Kristen Johnston age feet children I think that there are many different ways of getting and staying sober. Like religion, I just don't think that one way is the only way. Kristen Johnston different way thinking It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good. Kristen Johnston moved i-realized new-york Yes, creative people are more prone to addiction or addictive behavior. But, equally as prone is your mailman, your mother, your brother, your friend, the guy who does your banking. It's everywhere. The thing that happens in the press sometimes is Whitney Houston. She was just an addict. Just like your uncle Steve. Kristen Johnston brother mother people I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly. Kristen Johnston dork bigs Royal Young has accomplished a rare feat in his fresh and riveting debut: he manages to recount his fascinating youth and unconventional family with a mixture of humor, scathing honesty and tenderness. Much more than simply a book about a kid who dreams of stardom, Fame Shark is a thoughtful, hilarious and moving love letter to his family and the Lower East Side of New York City. Kristen Johnston new-york dream love I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television. Kristen Johnston roles gone television My fantasy life made me survivor. One day I knew that me, this skinny, ugly girl who was only invited to slumber parties when they were forced to - someday I knew I would be someone. That was my driving goal. It wasn't to be famous. I didn't want furs and signing autographs, I didn't care about any of that. I wanted to be someone other than myself. Kristen Johnston party girl goal To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me. Kristen Johnston beautiful firsts I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty. Kristen Johnston people thinking I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee. Kristen Johnston milwaukee raised born Right now one in three teenagers meets the medical criteria for addiction, which is scary. I'm so driven because when I walked into rehab, I was like, "Am I still drunk? Did the guys give me the wrong address? Am I at a summer camp?" And it kills them. Deaths attributed to drugs and alcohol have overtaken all other emergency-room deaths. Kristen Johnston teenager drunk summer
