Quotes by Gillian Jacobs

Im really excited that The Other Woman did so well at the box office, and I hope that will keep encouraging people to make movies about women, starring women, about female friendships. More. Please.

For me, I really love Tim and Eric and Dr. Steve Brule and a lot of the Adult Swim shows, so I like strange, weird, sometimes slightly upsetting humor.

I think that there are a lot of really beautiful Christmas carols, and then sometimes there are horrible renditions of them that are played to death in malls that make me sad. I try to avoid stores where theyre playing bad versions of Christmas songs on repeat.

Ive been getting into drinking smoothies in the morning - I like those a lot.

The Comeback is my favorite TV show of all-time because its just brill. Its Lisa Kudrows show about what its like to be an actor on a TV show. Shes so amazing on it.

I went to college and got my degree in acting, but because it was all theater, I really consider my first couple years on Mad Men as amazing training for working in television and for acting on-camera.

Boy, you know, its amazing how your brain can turn into a sieve, and you can literally forget episodes that you have shot.

NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.

Ive had a very positive experience in L.A. in the comedy world and found everyone to be very nice and welcoming. Its been really fun.

I used to like to make myself sad, so I would listen to Bill Callahan as Smog.

Dancing on My Own is actually a really sad song! It has totally made me cry.

I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.

When you can impress your mom by saying youve been to someones concert, you know youre pretty lame.

My mom wouldnt let me buy clothes she didnt like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.

My mom wouldnt know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face.

My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. Im trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing.

There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it! Bjork drove my mom nuts. What I listened to was actually pretty mom-friendly for the most part. I wasnt very rebellious.

A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said, Oh, my friend Gillian read it and really loved it. She goes, Gillian Jacobs, you mean: Britta Perry, feminist icon?

As opposed to trying to make a kiss look romantic or sweet or passionate, its kind of fun to just have the freedom to make it look weird, goofy and awkward.