I was born and grew up in Palm Springs. It's a great place to grow up, a real small town. Alia Shawkat More Quotes by Alia Shawkat More Quotes From Alia Shawkat When you focus on life, on enjoying and connecting with other people, that's when work comes. When you focus on work, you can never work. I'm always going through waves of that. Alia Shawkat wavefocuspeople The main thing I got from growing up in a suburb is the boredom you have as a child. Alia Shawkat boredomgrowing-upchildren I still do a form of sense memory. It honestly depends on the job. It depends on the other people you're working with, how the other actor works. It's take a little from here, take a little from there. Alia Shawkat jobsmemoriespeople I'm lucky right now because I'm not that famous, people will look at the work just as the work, and people respond to it pretty well. It's just hard to know exactly what group I need to meet and where I need to be. I think fame helps, but I want it to be separate as much as it can. Fame is just so weird, people just love famous people. Alia Shawkat luckypeoplethinking Obviously the way people watch TV has changed so much, too, that it's not necessarily about the ratings anymore. There's a different kind of time lapse; you put it out there and people absorb it at their speed, not just on Monday night at eight. Alia Shawkat eightmondaynight I think how I've gotten better, hopefully, at taking what I've got and being able to mish-mash something together, and as long as it feels real to me in the moment, then it feels like a success. Alia Shawkat reallongthinking I love being on movie sets. It's a very particular setting. And not all of the time, most of the time, there's always people you don't like, and you have to see them every day. Alia Shawkat particularlove-ispeople It's always nerve-wracking; it's like going to a new school every time you start a new movie. There are so many people and you're trying to be comfortable and vulnerable on set in order to be fearless on camera. But it's fun, it's part of the job. You've just got to be very personable, I guess. Alia Shawkat funpeopleschool It is important to be involved in everything. Alia Shawkat involvedimportant I feel like when you're dealing with your main character, it has to be relatable and feel grounded, and that's the kind of acting I like to do anyway. Alia Shawkat actingkindcharacter You don't want to not be single because you're scared of being single. Alia Shawkat being-singlescaredwant I've been single for so long that I'm scared of being in a relationship. Alia Shawkat scaredlong Let's not get too comfortable with each other. Alia Shawkat comfortable I have been acting for almost 20 years now. At first it changed in my focus and how much I wanted to act. When I was younger, it was so much fun, and I really wanted it, but it was not competitive. Then I became a teenager and it became kind of competitive and not as much fun. I pulled back and I got lazy about it, where I was like, "Yeah, I guess, I'll do small parts in cool movies," but I wasn't really trying to say anything. Alia Shawkat teenagerfunyears I want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved. Alia Shawkat storieswantwriting I'm more verbal and not as private as I was as a kid. Alia Shawkat kids Acting is a very strange industry in that it flows in these weird ways, I'll be so busy for 6 months and then nothing for a couple months, so it's hard for me to focus and stuff. Alia Shawkat focuscoupleacting You get a kind of familiarity on a set when you're on a TV show. Alia Shawkat tv-showstvskind I'm not a huge TV person, but when I do watch, it's always after the fact because I like to binge watch. Alia Shawkat tvswatchesfacts I'm not at the place in my career necessarily where I'm like offered every role. Alia Shawkat rolescareers
