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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.

Lauren Graham

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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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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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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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None of my characters have really had jobs.
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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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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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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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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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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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As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.
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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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Actors should ACT. Not sell perfume, or write cookbooks.
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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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All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline.
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Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.
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We're all working hard, but so far away from what we actually want to be doing. We're all peering in at the window of a party we aren't invited to yet, a party we wouldn't know how to dress for, or what kind of conversation to make, even if we came as someone's guest.
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I've spent a lot of time wondering, What's going to happen? What's going to happen? I try not to allow myself to do that much anymore. I think ive gotten more comfortable with the unknown.
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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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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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I personally was driven to be an actor for the love of telling a story. It was very closely linked to being a reader as a kid and being transported by literature and art. It had nothing - zero - to do with anything resembling fame.
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