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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
Actress
Film Actor
Film Producer
Novelist
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lauren Helen Graham
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Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans.
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None of my characters have really had jobs.
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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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Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!
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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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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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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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I'd pay more just to hear proper English and have everyone keep their clothes on
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Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
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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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If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.
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The best part of getting to do what you like is just doing it. That doesn't have to do with being famous or even successful or even powerful. I see people in life who are just doing a job and seem to be having a good time. And that's the trick.
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I think there's more pressure to stand out in a way that is measurable externally. The fame culture is definitely way worse and weirder than it was when we were in high school.
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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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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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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 have to introduce the part of me that feels like a winner to the part of me convinced I’m a loser, and see if they can’t agree to exist somewhere closer to the middle.
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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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It's also show business. It's not show fun friends.
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All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100!
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