Quotes by Lauren Graham

“Ive made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.”

“Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he cant find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.”

“Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why Im an actor.”

“If I had a normal job and had been moving up, Id be management level now.”

“I struggled with the idea that this character, being the parent, would go so far as to stop speaking to her daughter and not make more of an effort. We had it in bits and pieces, but it was hard for me to justify – that I wouldnt try harder, that I wouldnt reach out more, that I could stand to be away from her for that long.”

“I struggled with the idea that this character, the parent, would ... stop speaking to her daughter and not make more of an effort.”

“I just really love my fake sisters, Mandy and Piper. Weve had a really wonderful time. We talk about our eBay purchases.”

Once again, Ive been thwarted by the massive difference between my vision of the successful me and the me Im currently stuck with.

I must work harder to achieve my goal of not seeking approval from those whose approval Im not even sure is important to me.

Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his WORST.

Today, I would pick the person who made me feel warm, rather than the one who left me cold.

What with your phone and the Xbox and the taxi TV and that music player you wear on your arm and the headphones that look like donuts on your ears, doesn’t it make life so much smaller? If absolutely everything important is only happening on such a small screen, isn’t that a shame? Especially when the world is so overwhelmingly large and surprising? Are you missing too much? You can’t imagine it now, but you’ll look like me one day, even though you’ll feel just the same as you do now. You’ll catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and think how quickly it’s all gone, and I wonder if all the time you used watching those families whose lives are filmed for the television, and making those cartoons of yourselves with panting dog tongues, and chasing after that terrible Pokémon fellow…well, will it feel like time well spent?

Because who wants to Fast Forward anyway? You might miss some of the good parts.

I guess what I’m saying is, let’s keep lifting each other up. It’s not lost on me that two of the biggest opportunities I’ve had to break into the next level were given to me by successful women in positions of power. If I’m ever in that position and you ask me, “Who?” I’ll do my best to say, “You” too. But in order to get there, you may have to break down the walls of whatever it is that’s holding you back first. Ignore the doubt—it’s not your friend—and just keep going, keep going, keep going.

In my experience, there’s no secret to accomplishing almost any goal worth pursuing.

Of all the lists I’ve made of goals, and all the visions I’ve had, it never before occurred to me that I could be this specific, that I could aspire to a goal actually measurable in inches. I wonder if this is how successful people do it. I wonder if the difference between success and failure could more accurately be described in the waist sizes for jeans.

Ive always thought my strengths were Im smart, and I have a good sense of humor. I definitely struggle with feeling confident.

Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.

For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look no date for homecoming.

Ive pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less I think about it.