I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in my own experience, to be homophobic. ... But I do think the straight folks will continue to play the straight roles. Jane Lynch More Quotes by Jane Lynch More Quotes From Jane Lynch No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened. Jane Lynch careers hands years I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life. Jane Lynch lessons strong art You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all. Jane Lynch good-day graduation inspirational Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind. Jane Lynch be-kind kind want A lot of people are curious why I'm a lesbian - ladies and gentlemen, the cast of Entourage. Jane Lynch gentleman gay people My advice to you: live in the moment. Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation. Embrace the ever changing, ever evolving world with the best rule I’ve ever found. Say 'YES AND.” Jane Lynch life-changing live-in-the-moment advice Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation. Jane Lynch life-changing graduation inspirational You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances. Jane Lynch just-friends friendly needs I spent so much of my younger life drinking, and being drunk makes learning to be a grown-up kind of hard. Jane Lynch drunk kind drinking Artists are free to push boundaries to make art. But when pushing boundaries is their only aim, the result is usually bad art. Jane Lynch pushing-boundaries results art Don’t deprive yourself of the exciting journey your life can be when you relinquish the need to have goals and a blueprint. Jane Lynch goal journey needs Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability to look at themselves. Jane Lynch laughing mean people Do I feel famous? I feel more famous than I did 10 years ago, absolutely. Jane Lynch We have some extremely talented people that we've ripped off the Broadway stage. It's awe-inspiring how talented they are, and how can-do they are. They're at that stage of life where it's like, "Yeah, let's put on a show!" That's really fun to watch. Jane Lynch fun people There's nothing worse than an anxiety-filled, fearful actor who just needs that next job, because they're not gonna get that next job. Any time I got a job that made me feel good about myself, or made me feel, "Hey, I'm working my way up," then good adds to good. Because it makes you feel better about yourself, and that makes you more attractive, I think. Jane Lynch feel-good feel-better thinking Steve Carell, we’ve been nodding at each other for years now. Jane Lynch nodding years But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me. Jane Lynch the-end-of-the-day people thinking Unfortunately, I don’t actually don’t have any scenes with Michael Bolton. There’s an exposé done on Sue Sylvester, and he pops up on the screen to basically just say he has no idea who I am. That’s the father of my child! Jane Lynch who-i-am father children That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair. Jane Lynch women teaching school I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it. Jane Lynch age sound long
