Alexis Bledel Quotes

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.

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?

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.

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

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,.

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

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.

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.

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. [on her belief that teens are motivated to effect change.]

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

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

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

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.