I've spent a lot of time wondering, What's going to happen? What's going to happen? I try not to allow myself to do that much anymore. I think ive gotten more comfortable with the unknown.

Lauren Graham

Categorized in : Thinking Trying Aging

As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.

actors life-is want

Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me.

sweaters hair people

I'm nice, and I show up on time. by Lauren Graham

I'm nice, and I show up on time.

nice shows

As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair.

different president father

I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety.

knowing jobs thinking

Maybe I should sit. Plenty of people use sitting as a way to pass... by Lauren Graham

Maybe I should sit. Plenty of people use sitting as a way to pass the time.

sitting use people

The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wif... by Lauren Graham

The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.

wife girl suffering

I think there's more pressure to stand out in a way that is measurable externally. The fame culture is definitely way worse and weirder than it was when we were in high school.

culture school thinking

These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone one will recognize me and say: 'I really like your show.'

failing nice looks

You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeez... by Lauren Graham

You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.

gains stories want

When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.

actors gone people

I live with someone, actor Peter Krause, who didn't find an interest in being an actor until the very end of college. So my message is: There's so much freedom left. There's no ticking clock. It's just not true.

clock interest college

None of my characters have really had jobs. by Lauren Graham

None of my characters have really had jobs.

jobs character

I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.

bigs long people

I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than eve... by Lauren Graham

I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.

shows made friendly

I remember feeling a huge amount of anxiety and worry and pressure. At that point I was headed into acting school. That was 100 percent the only thing I thought I wanted to do. But then I got through my first year of college, and I was, like, humming and rolling around, pretending to be a lion in acting classes at NYU and visiting our classmate Charlie Gregg at Harvard, where he was actually learning things. So I changed my mind: I decided I actually wanted a different kind of education, and that was an incredibly freeing idea.

college worry school

My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never go... by Lauren Graham

My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.

mother play school

Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene.

ensemble scene stories

Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. by Lauren Graham

Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans.

jeans want

It's also show business. It's not "show fun friends". by Lauren Graham

It's also show business. It's not "show fun friends".

show-business fun