Gillian Jacobs Quotes

I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I wanted to to be a Supreme Court justice, but didn't want to be a lawyer. I just wanted to go straight to being a justice.

In my sort of young, idealistic mind, I was just like, 'Well, it's either theater or film for me, and that will be that!'

I used to like to make myself sad, so I would listen to Bill Callahan as Smog.

I don't like yelling insults at someone who's never done anything to me.

A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don't think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with.

I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.

I don't think I've ever been mistaken for anyone.

Thinking back about throwing myself at certain gentlemen that had no interest in me, that'll bring a blush to my face if I think about it too often.

I'm really excited that 'The Other Woman' did so well at the box office, and I hope that will keep encouraging people to make movies about women, starring women, about female friendships. More. Please.

I love Opening Ceremony, Kenzo - anything Humberto Leon and Carol Lim touch. I drool over Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Delpozo, and Wes Gordon.

I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and being paid a pittance, and sort of scrounging by in New York and sleeping on a chair that folded out into a bed.

While I love film and want to continue to pursue it 100 percent, my home is TV.

'The New Yorker's fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in 'The New Yorker.'

I'm a Bravoholic, and I love 'RuPaul's Drag Race.'

I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on Saturday.

I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.

A movie that I've seen probably the most is 'Fanny & Alexander,' the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don't know how much they liked me that day.

My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. I'm trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing.

We're all alone in this world.

I'm spending way too much time test running my Vine videos. I'll go into a room and close the door and be in there for an hour workshopping a Vine video that I never even post. So that's probably a huge time suck.

I feel like I go through cycles as an actress.

NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.

The nice part about not being a huge film is that you get to goof around a bit more.

'Dancing on My Own' is actually a really sad song! It has totally made me cry.

A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said, 'Oh, my friend Gillian read it and really loved it.' She goes, 'Gillian Jacobs, you mean: Britta Perry, feminist icon?'

I'm a terrible cook.

I think we've probably all read a word that we've never heard pronounced out loud, and we try it out in a sentence and fall on our face.

I like passionate fandom.

I haven't done improv since I was in middle school.

In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in class - I wrote about why women should receive equal pay.

Sometimes movies that I'm in that I have a leading role don't necessarily get the biggest release, so it's a difficult thing between balancing indies that have uncertain futures and maybe larger films that have guaranteed releases that you have a smaller part in.

An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on

My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs.

For me, I really love 'Tim and Eric' and 'Dr. Steve Brule' and a lot of the Adult Swim shows, so I like strange, weird, sometimes slightly upsetting humor.

I'm a very boring person in my real life so I got to act out misbehaving fantasies was really fun.

I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do.

A lot of people watch 'Community,' but DVR viewings only count if you watch within a certain time.

Inspiration strikes at very funny times.

I very rarely listen to music in my car - a lot of people make fun of me for it. But sometimes I listen to music on YouTube. I'm like a teenager.

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

Some girls say they don't feel comfortable in flats, they only feel comfortable in heels; I am not one of those girls.

I think, you know, when you're an actor who's had periods of unemployment, it makes you feel really good to have a job - to say that you're expected somewhere, do you know what I mean?

Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.

I've been making Vine videos for a couple of months. They're just six-second little videos, but I really have fun doing them. It's just fun to feel like you created something.

I'm not really a rapper!

'The Comeback' is my favorite TV show of all-time because it's just brill. It's Lisa Kudrow's show about what it's like to be an actor on a TV show. She's so amazing on it.

College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund.

I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.

When you can impress your mom by saying you've been to someone's concert, you know you're pretty lame.

I am not a big 'Hunger Games' fan.

I am trying to break free from my stripes addiction, but the pull is strong! I need help buying non-stripes.

I would love it if 'Community' could have a trajectory like '30 Rock' and choose when to go out.

You can only do so many serious dramas in a row before you want to break. You want a change.

I feel like so often I'm just, like, running around and eating in the car, which is, like, not good, or eating as I'm walking down the street.

I used to babysit. And the kids I babysat were huge Hilary Duff fans, and so we used to have dance parties every day to her music. So I am very familiar with the albums of Miss Hilary Duff.

I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer.

I used to live in New York, and I have friends that work in the fashion world, and I feel like I had an ear to the ground there.

It's really nice when life comes full circle and you get to work with people four years down the line.

I feel like the Internet has embraced the pizza dance. I feel appreciated for once in my life.

I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want to survive past the death of society as we know it.

I am short, so even if there are things that I like, or like on other people, I have to be aware that sometimes that won't work on me because I'm not 5'10. It has to have a shape for my body; otherwise, I look like I am two inches tall. I have to wear things that skim my body more closely than a runway model would.

In Los Angeles, sometimes it's hard to find a magazine stand, let alone one that has the magazine that you want. So I find that the longer I live in L.A., the more digitally I consume.

We all wish there were more 'Bridesmaids' out there.

What I think is a really special movie is 'Black and White' with Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, which Mike Binder directed. I got to see a screening of it, and I think Kevin and Octavia and Anthony Mackie and Bill Burr all give such beautiful performances in that movie.

I've been getting into drinking smoothies in the morning - I like those a lot.

There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it! Bjork drove my mom nuts. What I listened to was actually pretty mom-friendly for the most part. I wasn't very rebellious.

A lot of my friends are guys, so I'm used to bro antics.

I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'

My poor, problematic feet don't let me wear anything much over a three- or four-inch heel.

I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways.

Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

I've had a very positive experience in L.A. in the comedy world and found everyone to be very nice and welcoming. It's been really fun.

They didn't really encourage my goofy, comedic side at Juilliard.

You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.

When you're shooting at 9 A.M. at a club, you have to use all of your acting skills.

Apparently, I have good feet for ballet.

I had kissed a girl in the second season of 'Community,' but that was my first time kissing a girl ever, and I was so nervous, I almost knocked Brit Marling's teeth out.

Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.

Even something as stupid as Vine videos makes you feel like you're making things on your own.

I'd never really done comedy before 'Community,' so getting to work day in and day out with all these great people, directors, writers, and actors, I feel like I've learned a lot.

You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career.

Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.

I really like the concept of, like, slowing down and savoring your food, enjoying it.

As you become an adult and start to make your way in life, you realize how much your friends are your family - though you get to make fun of your friends, too.