“You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'” KnowsWorldLittlesCountryGirlCitiesFineI RealizedHoneyBugsMy GirlCrittersCity Girl Author:Anna Gunn
“I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.” PeopleThinkingWorldCommunityComedyInvolvedSmall Communities Author:Ari Graynor
“Twitter's a lot of work! That's the first thing I would say. There's so much pressure to be funny.” FirstsPressure Author:Ari Graynor
“I did babysit a little bit when I was young. I prefer babysitting for babies. I always loved babies. I was not as great with kids that wanted to be entertained and that wanted to talk.” LittlesKidsWantedYoungBitsBabyLittle BitBabysitting Author:Ari Graynor
“I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.” ThinkingYearsChildrenFallNaturalGrowing UpComedyGrowingStagePersonalityFatsDevelopingAwkwardProgressionFall BackOnly ChildPrecocious Author:Ari Graynor
“I was more of the kind of babysitter that liked holding the baby, sort of playing Mom, and then putting the baby to bed and watching TV while eating everything in their kitchen.” KindTvsBabyMomBedEatingKitchenWatching TvBabysitter Author:Ari Graynor
“I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like that. I feel like that's the next phase of my career. To reprove to everyone that I can do things besides the crazy characters.” PeopleFeelsI CanCharacterNextCan DoCareersLaughingCrazyPhasesAbbeyGood Laugh Author:Ari Graynor
“Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is you can't have any self-consciousness, otherwise it kills the laugh, and that will never change.” KindSelfFilmNextNumbersConsciousnessLaughingComedyNever ChangeSelf Consciousness Author:Ari Graynor
“The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized this a while ago when I almost signed my life away to a stupid pilot.” WrittenStupidWillingSeasonsI RealizedPilotsSitcomTemptingReally Stupid Author:Ari Graynor
“There's pressure to come up with something genius every time. I feel like I keep letting myself down with my Twitter posts. I have to start keeping a journal of rough drafts of prophetic ideas about the world.” WorldFeelsIdeasGeniusPressureCome UpPostsRoughJournalPropheticKeeping A JournalRough Drafts Author:Ari Graynor
