Writing pilots is such a specific thing. It's not even really writing TV shows. A pilot is its own beast. June Diane Raphael More Quotes by June Diane Raphael More Quotes From June Diane Raphael I'm more focused or try to be more focused on my acting and writing and comedy and let the other stuff fall where it may. June Diane Raphael writingtryingfall It's very hard, I think especially for women, to not take it in and to not be super conscious of the way that you're being seen, which is of course completely antithetical to the work you want to do, which is completely free and bold and truthful and honest and brave. June Diane Raphael bravewantthinking Unfortunately, this past birthday, my son was up the entire night before, very sick with that horrible - I think it was called the Norovirus or whatever the hell that was that was going around. So I got it. And then my husband [Paul Scheer] got it. We were both fighting it because he had planned this whole day for me, and we were both pretending it wasn't happening. We were literally driving ourselves to a massage and facial that he had planned and at one point, I was like, "I can't drive anymore. I need to get in the passenger's seat." June Diane Raphael husbandfightingson I think the worst professional advice I've received... I feel I've been lucky in that I've gotten a lot of wonderful guidance, but I remember - and I would never do this to someone - I remember going into a manager's office, the manager I had in New York, and this was way back when. And she said to me, immediately, "You should never wear striped T-shirts. You look much bigger than you are." June Diane Raphael officenew-yorkthinking It's a very hard line to walk, and I certainly am nowhere near having cracked how to do that, but I try to focus on being a brave performer and not worrying about my lighting or whatever, even though, then, sometimes I see myself on screen, and I'm like, "Why did you wear that, look like that, whatever," but I'm also more accepting that is what it is. There's this battle always. June Diane Raphael focusbraveworry I'm certainly much happier when I feel that the work is good. June Diane Raphael feels I think I know who my audience is. It's pretty satisfying, and I think we all need to take care of ourselves and laugh as well as do everything we can to fight back right now while being mindful of laughing and enjoying ourselves where and when we can. June Diane Raphael fightinglaughingthinking [I think] everybody should see a dermatologist. June Diane Raphael shouldthinking I've referred to [Marcus Lemonis] as my celebrity crush. I'm totally describing my celebrity crush, and that was not the question. But I am a fan of his. I really am. June Diane Raphael describingcrushfans I like the way [Marcus Lemonis] thinks. He's made me think about things in a different way. He's made me want to support small businesses in a very real way, seeing what these small-business owners go through and the struggle it is and the courage it takes to put your heart and money behind things at a 24-hour job. I think I relate to that as an actress and a writer and someone who works freelance, in many ways. It never ends, you never clock out. You've always got to keep things moving. June Diane Raphael realstrugglejobs That's one of my greatest strengths. I'm a Scorpio rising - we're very decisive. I'm very good at cutting things off that don't feel right. June Diane Raphael scorpiosrisingcutting Anyone who knows my professional history has known I've gone through a gazillion managers and agents or whatever. I'm like, "This doesn't feel right - moving on." I don't really suffer fools, which makes it easier for me. June Diane Raphael sufferinggonemoving I read [The Women's Room] in my 20s, and I was like, "I understand this now." And now I've become a mom and read it again and truly understand on a different level what one of the main characters goes through as a mother. June Diane Raphael mommothercharacter I'm like, "You could not wake up in the sixes? Does it really gotta be in the fives?" Because the 5 really feels like nighttime. I don't like the day starting at 5. June Diane Raphael wake-uplike-youdoe The only thing I really get snobby about is - not food or wine or certainly not television - I would say I get snobby about skin-care regimens and people taking care of their skin in the right way. June Diane Raphael wineskinspeople That's the only thing I feel like, "No, no, no, no - I know the way. I know the way. I know where you are and you need to come with me, and we need to take care of our skin." June Diane Raphael careskinsneeds I'm not a dermatologist, but I had someone explain it to me, and I've seen the effect on my own skin over the years. So I feel like we need to protect our faces, especially those of us who live in Southern California, from this goddamn sun that's on us all day. June Diane Raphael californiasouthernyears I don't know where it's come from, but after many years of many different products, I feel like I can speak as an authority on a lot of them. June Diane Raphael differentspeakyears If someone tells me, "I just wash my face with soap," we have that discussion. And a lot of men, too. Thank god Paul Scheer knows to moisturize. June Diane Raphael soapthank-godmen A lot of men, they don't put anything on their faces. And some women also overdo it. June Diane Raphael facesmen
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