“I feel real ownership in this show. I feel very invested in it. I care very much about it. I don't feel any more like a hired hand, you know? It's a strange feeling - I feel personally responsible for how the story goes. What happens. What the weaknesses are. And so in a way, some of the changes gave me an opportunity to have a voice in a different way.” KnowsWayFeelsDifferentRealStoriesShowsFeelingsHandsHappensCareOpportunityVoiceStrangeWeaknessResponsibleDifferent WaysOwnershipI Care Author:Lauren Graham
“I remember feeling a huge amount of anxiety and worry and pressure. At that point I was headed into acting school. That was 100 percent the only thing I thought I wanted to do. But then I got through my first year of college, and I was, like, humming and rolling around, pretending to be a lion in acting classes at NYU and visiting our classmate Charlie Gregg at Harvard, where he was actually learning things. So I changed my mind: I decided I actually wanted a different kind of education, and that was an incredibly freeing idea.” MindKindDifferentFeelingsSchoolRememberActingWorryChangedCollegeAnxietyPretendingDifferent KindsClassmates Author:Lauren Graham
“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.” DifferentSchoolFunSucceedHigh SchoolNo Money Author:Lauren Graham
“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.” DifferentFatherPresidentConservativeI RealizedChairsShocking Author:Lauren Graham
