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I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

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Lauren Graham
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Actor
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Television Actor
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Honolulu
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Lauren Helen Graham
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If you do have something you love to do, the fun part of the job is no different than what was fun about doing it in high school for no money. I thought there would be some greater reward in succeeding.
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Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene.
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The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.
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Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
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Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.
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The best you can hope for is a great collaborator.
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I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.
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While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one.
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I'd pay more just to hear proper English and have everyone keep their clothes on
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If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.
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The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.
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Actors should ACT. Not sell perfume, or write cookbooks.
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Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans.
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Today is the day you have to start believing in yourself. No one can do it for you anymore.
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It's also show business. It's not show fun friends.
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Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.
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As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair.
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I am here to tell you there's nothing in people knowing you. There's actually a loss in that! Really, the reward in life is genuinely the day of work you have. It's not the name you're making for yourself or the clicks and likes - it's such an illusion.
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That's the thing that always stuck out to me - the idea that quantity becomes quality. I always took it to mean if you do anything enough, if you keep putting effort in, eventually something will happen, with or without you. You don't have to have faith when you start out, you just have to dedicate yourself to practice as if you have it.
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I could never have predicted the invention of streaming, the rerelease of the show Gilmore Girls on Netflix, and that people still wanted to hear about it. I do love how we came back to it, but it was never up to me. It won't be up to me this time, either. If it ended there, I would be sad, but I also like what we did.
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