Most of the theater I've done in the past was when I was a kid or a teenager so it feels like being a kid again. I'm happier than I've ever been. You really get to go to work every day and play, and try different things. I don't know, I've never felt so lucky to do this job. So I hope to do a lot more theater.

Alexis Bledel

Categorized in : Past Kids Teenager

Sometimes I feel like I am an old person trapped in a young person's body. I'm boring. I go to movies. I read. That's about it.

Alexis Bledel

boring body sometimes

You hear all these great stories about kids starting their own businesses and getting involved in their communities and politics and foundations - all kinds of things. And it's so much easier for kids to get motivated and do that.

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foundation community kids

When I was modeling as a teenager, I just ignored it when people said to lose two inches off my hips. I had more jobs than I could take. So why would I even want more?

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teenager jobs two

Each character is a completely whole person with their problems and many sides to their personality. It's so rich with details as well, like the set.

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problem personality character

In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.

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faces want needs

For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks.

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bad-boy boys facts

I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

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ive-learned shy jobs

I did one year at NYU, and I'd love to go back there someday

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nyu college years

The theatre and traveling through my modeling jobs, all of those experiences have helped a lot actually.

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modeling theatre jobs

I've seen so many period pieces in my life, I really enjoy them so much, a lot of my favorite movies are period pieces.

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my-favorite pieces periods

As actors we try to find different sides of ourselves.

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different trying

Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.

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writing school thinking

It gets kinda monotonous, but that's television. There are plus sides and down sides. The positive side is that you have steady work for nine months of the year for however many years your show is on TV,.

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tvs sides years

Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to.

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stress directors people

I think that's what makes life interesting - the evolution of getting older, and it's kinda fascinating to me, the whole process.

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getting-older interesting thinking

I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange.

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want live-in-the-moment thinking

Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with.

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opportunity people thinking

A lot of girls ask for advice on how to get into acting, and I'm kind of the worst person to ask, because it just kind of fell in my lap... I was just in the right place at the right time.

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worst-person girl advice

I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some.

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agency one-day new-york

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

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direct ifs writing