American - Actress | April 27, 1983 -
I've always just admired women who were able to navigate through dramatic and comedic waters and sort of do it all.
Ari Graynor
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I don't have to fear that if I do more comedy I'm not going to get to do everything I want. I'll get to do my 'Yentl.'
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My worst nightmare when I was in school was that I would get into trouble. I never got in trouble. I was a good student.
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Acting was the place where I could be free and feel confident.
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I didn't want to study theater or go to school in the city. I wanted the all-American 'Here's your quad' college experience.
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I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing it. It takes the ego out of acting, whereas movies tend to involve it.
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As an actor, your life is constant ups and downs. My friends and I joke that when a job ends and nothing is lined up, you have nothing to do for the rest of your life. You just ride that wave.
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I love to cook for people. I equate food with love.
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I require a lot of stimulation, and there's so much I've learned being in front of the camera, I felt like I had more to give behind it.
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Our everyday lives exist with comedy and tragedy next to each other.
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While I'm Jewish, the Hasidic world is still foreign to me. But I do understand some of the ideas of tradition and family and faith of our shared culture.
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When you get into comparisons in any way of, 'we want it to be like this' or 'we don't want it to be like this,' it takes away from the authenticity of what you're trying to say and what you're trying to make.
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