American - Actress | July 21, 1986 -
You would think that wrestling has so much to do with being aggressive and having a big ego, and it's exactly the opposite.
Betty Gilpin
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Growing up, I was a self-loathing Igor who carried the queen's books. My job was to be the sarcastic sherpa, quietly providing the farce and adoration, then becoming part of the wall when cued.
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I ate cucumbers and saltines - not because I wanted to look a certain way, but because I was so sad my appetite disappeared.
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I won't name names, but sometimes a TV set can be a shame-and-fear obstacle course for an actress.
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My mom used to play a lot of super character-y parts... so I was sort of raised to be a clown.
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Wrestling really is kind of the highest form of theater.
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The smell of a perm is this special kind of Chernobyl-grave soup smell.
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When I read what 'GLOW' was about, it just felt like something where I could make as many faces as I wanted, and it would totally make sense!
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I went to theater school where there is a lot of holding each other's faces and crying, and a lot of kid gloves.
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I'm like Elaine Stritch everywhere.
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To get health insurance, you give up your dignity - that's what I thought being an actor was. So when 'GLOW' came along, I was shaking reading it because I hadn't really allowed myself to dream of a show like this.
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I grew up in a lot of stage managers' booths, memorizing the lines. I'm sure I was the most annoying child in existence.
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