It's nice to represent a woman who can be bigger than what you see as a typical skinny actress - being funny and desirable at the same time. Kether Donohue More Quotes by Kether Donohue More Quotes From Kether Donohue There's just something fascinating to me about watching a business interaction unfold, and the negotiation. And how everything is negotiable in life. Kether Donohue interaction fascinating negotiation I like how I'm able to be curvy and beautiful and represent that in media, because I don't think it's shown often enough. Kether Donohue media beautiful thinking I'll never forget, Christine Woods came up to me on set and she looked at me so seriously and held my hand, and she's like, "Kether, look at me. In real life, we are beautiful, beautiful women. No one thinks we're fat. In TV, we are TV fat and we just have to get used to it. Don't ever take it personally. We're TV fat. End of story". Kether Donohue real beautiful thinking Every human being needs to feel safe and secure in their life. Kether Donohue safe feels needs In real everyday life, I don't walk around feeling fat and if on TV I'm considered fat, honestly, I kind of like it, because I'm a big advocate of positive unique representations of women in media. And so I like how I'm able to represent a curvier body and still be beautiful. Kether Donohue unique real beautiful I love playing a character that eats on television. It's so fun. Kether Donohue fun character television If I'm having a chardonnay in the show, it'll be green tea with water. Kether Donohue green tea water I think in society and especially in movies and media we're fed this idea that there's the one or the right person. I think it brings great ambiguity and confusion for people. Kether Donohue media ideas thinking When I go into 'You're the Worst,' I'm very glammed up, and my hair and makeup is va-va-voom. Now what I'm having fun with in 'Grease' is, honestly, I go to rehearsals with zero makeup. When I get pimples, I get excited about it, like 'Yay! It helps the character!' The frumpier and uglier and grosser, the better with Jan. Kether Donohue you makeup hair character As a feminist, just to speak to what women go through, I think women are put in a box way too often. What I love about 'You're the Worst' is that no female character is portrayed as a black-and-white cartoon character. We're all complicated, messy human beings. Kether Donohue you women love character I remember watching 'I Love Lucy' with my little brother. We were obsessed with 'I Love Lucy.' And I just remember thinking, 'I want to do that.' I love old comedic actresses - Madeline Kahn, Lucille Ball. Kether Donohue brother remember love thinking I'm very into Zodiac signs, so when I meet a fellow Scorpio, I always get really excited. Kether Donohue meet get always excited When you watch someone on TV go through something that you're going through that's difficult, it lets you know that you're not alone, and there's nothing to be ashamed of. Kether Donohue alone nothing someone you I'm short, and I'm curvy, and so shopping is hard for me sometimes. Kether Donohue short me shopping sometimes Sometimes I catch myself if I'm shopping, and I'm like, 'I want to hide my thighs and my arms.' And then I kind of take a minute where I'm like, 'No, that's not really being kind to yourself. Maybe learn to embrace things that we're taught as women not to like.' Kether Donohue yourself myself shopping women We're taught as a society what is acceptable for women to look like and what's not. And where fat should be and shouldn't. And I think it's important to sometimes reprogram ourselves and recondition ourselves to not have so much negativity toward our own bodies. Kether Donohue fat look women society My father was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. His family is from Spain. My father never taught me how to speak Spanish when I was little. That's very disappointing to me. I'm still planning on learning it on my own. I really want to travel to Spain and immerse myself in the culture and learn it on my own. Kether Donohue myself me learning family I've experienced, in general, in New York, people cut to the chase a little more, and they're a little bit more straightforward. In L.A. I've experienced more wishy-washiness. I will say, though, that the people that are actually from L.A. - like, born and raised in L.A. - are the real nice and genuine people. Kether Donohue new born nice people When I go to audition for voiceovers, I do dress as if I'm going to an on-camera audition because that's my way of showing that I do care and it means something to me. Kether Donohue dress me care way When people see a Spanish last name, they have an image in their head of what the typical Latina looks like. I think it's important on television to have different representations of people. And I'm so proud of being Latina. I love it. Kether Donohue name proud love people
