On film and TV sets, they let you sit down. Theater is like pushing a boulder up a hill each night. It's a fun boulder, but it's a boulder. Cristin Milioti More Quotes by Cristin Milioti More Quotes From Cristin Milioti I would say if I was any type of nerd, it was probably a band nerd. Cristin Milioti nerdtypeband You have to hold on to what you find because life has a way of throwing you curve balls that you never expect. Cristin Milioti curvesballsway I keep expectations so embarrassingly low that I broke my contract and went and got a hair-cut. Cristin Milioti cuttingexpectationshair I think one of the funniest things about '30 Rock' is that Liz Lemon is sort of like Buster Keaton - she's always the fool, the joke is always on her. Cristin Milioti lizrocksthinking People get into relationships. They get married and have kids, and all of a sudden, you can't just pick up and go get coffee, or go away for the weekend together, or go to a costume party together. It becomes a thing you have to plan. Cristin Milioti coffeepartykids There's no way that you're going to please all of America, or all of the fans. Cristin Milioti fansamericaway I think that's important to have in something like a national television show. It's important to portray a woman realistically, and not just as a bridezilla. Cristin Milioti importanttelevisionthinking I think television is really incredible because of the fact that you get to sit with a character for so, and the character does something different, every week. I think that's really interesting. Cristin Milioti characterinterestingthinking I don't think there are hour comedies, but if there were, I would have been open to it. Cristin Milioti hourscomedythinking I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience. Cristin Milioti good-studentsvery-goodstudents I really like playing other people. There is no other feeling like it, to have a different voice come out of you and to have a different life for a couple of hours. I like being myself. But maybe it's like you ride a bike every day and someone says, 'For two hours tonight do you want to ride this Harley?' You'd be like, 'OK yeah! Cristin Milioti voicecoupletwo There's nothing like theater. It's really amazing. But it does take up all of your time. I would like to get into more film, just because I find it super fascinating. Cristin Milioti theaterfilmdoe I've auditioned for musicals a lot, but I think my voice didn't really match what they were looking for. I went to school for musical theater for a year and dropped out. Legit musicals are not quite my forte. Cristin Milioti yearsschoolthinking I went through a really good-looking phase from birth to 9. And then things went crazy. I don't know what happened, but between 9 and 14 it was really, really rough. I didn't have a lot of friends. The only ones who were nice to me were the theater kids. And they were like, 'You can come and join us. No one likes us. Cristin Milioti crazynicekids I used to have a lot of recurring dreams about Captain Hook when I was a little kid, which I remember very vividly. But I think I just really liked Peter Pan a lot, and 'Hook' was my favorite movie. Cristin Milioti dreamkidsthinking 30 Rock' is my favorite TV show and Tina Fey is one of my heroes. She was a dream to work with and the whole cast was just absolutely lovely. Cristin Milioti tv-showsherodream I mangle phrases constantly. The other day I was chatting with my boyfriend and I said to him, 'He really sold him under the bus.' And he said, 'I think you meant 'threw him under the bus,' or 'sold him up the river. Cristin Milioti my-boyfriendriversthinking I grew up with a piano, and my aunt taught me chords. I played with bands in high school and I could do like, C chord, G chord, D chord; really simple, rhythm piano. Cristin Milioti auntsimpleschool Every time I do a play, it's as if I've never done one before. I'm always confused. I always am convinced I'm going to be fired. I'm like, 'I don't remember how to act. I don't know how to do this.' And, it's just a very slow process, and then, all of a sudden, it's just there one day. I still don't understand how it happens. Cristin Milioti confusedone-dayplay That's what's so cool about 'Once:' There is a layer of darker stuff, but it's balanced by this incredible light. Cristin Milioti layerslightstuff
