42 Alexis Bledel Quotes

Alexis Bledel quotes

1. When you put the corset on it gives you a glimpse into what those women's lives must have been like, a little bit. Just the fact that they did that to themselves to look a certain way gives you an idea of how important it was to be a proper young lady in those times, to kind of fit the mold of what they were trying to accomplish socially. The director, Jay Russell told me to use the corset as a device to remind myself that not only physically, but emotionally, she was trapped in her surroundings and wanted desperately to get out. It was definitely a reminder because the thing is so tight!

2. I think it caught on because the stories that these four girls have individually in the book are extremely relatable. They're very real teenage experiences. I think the friendship between the four girls is something that is more realistic than a lot of the relationships we see between girls in movies lately. A lot of the time it's like backstabbing or petty or superficial. I think most girls' relationships are real friendships like these. I don't think they're that much more dramatic.

3. A lot of girls ask for advice on how to get into acting, and I'm kind of the worst person to ask, because it just kind of fell in my lap... I was just in the right place at the right time.

4. Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to.

5. Every day I learn something. Sometimes it's difficult. Especially when I have to do something that I don't normally do. Of course that's just acting.

6. For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks.

7. I always thought that I would work behind the camera, because... it's a more comfortable place for me to be, really.

8. I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange.

9. I think that's what makes life interesting - the evolution of getting older, and it's kinda fascinating to me, the whole process.

10. I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

11. In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.

12. It gets kinda monotonous, but that's television. There are plus sides and down sides. The positive side is that you have steady work for nine months of the year for however many years your show is on TV.

13. Well, I think every film student goes into film school thinking they want to write and direct their own movies, and they don't realize how much goes into it, and what a process it is.

14. Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with.

1. I remember seeing the performance Samantha Morton did in 'Sweet and Low Down' where she didn't speak at all, and I loved it so much because she got to do so much work just by expressing herself in her body and her face. With expressions, it wasn't necessary to speak. I find that appealing.

2. When we first filmed 'Gilmore Girls,' I didn't know it would build such a cult following.

3. I've been trying to find out what my wheelhouse is as an actor. 'Gilmore' was my first job, so only from there did I have a chance to really experiment and see how far I could stretch; I went maybe a little too far in certain directions.

4. My perspective is that, when you're a kid, if your audience is a group of children or teenagers, you do have some level of social responsibility. I feel that.

5. A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.

6. I figured out that I was interested in acting while at NYU.

7. Nearly a decade of time is enough for everybody to change, quite a bit.

8. The theatre and traveling through my modeling jobs, all of those experiences have helped a lot actually.

9. 'The Handmaid's Tale' takes place in the near future, a dystopian future, and is based on the book by Margaret Atwood. It takes place in what was formerly part of the United States at a period of time when society has been taken over by a totalitarian theocracy. It's about the women who live in subjugation.

10. Sylvia Plath wasn't scared of exploring the darker side of her psyche.

11. It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.

12. I'm the kind of person who, if I like one song, will listen to all of the band's work before moving on to another group.

13. Ofglen is a little different than the other Handmaids because she has a really rebellious spirit and she has the hope that she could escape.

14. I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

15. Most of the theater I've done in the past was when I was a kid or a teenager so it feels like being a kid again. I'm happier than I've ever been. You really get to go to work every day and play, and try different things. I don't know, I've never felt so lucky to do this job. So I hope to do a lot more theater.

16. When I was modeling as a teenager, I just ignored it when people said to lose two inches off my hips. I had more jobs than I could take. So why would I even want more?

17. For some unknown reason, bad boys always draw you in despite the fact that they are total jerks.

18. I've seen so many period pieces in my life, I really enjoy them so much, a lot of my favorite movies are period pieces.

19. There are a lot of challenges Ofglen faces as a Handmaid. She has to live her life for the Commander of her home, Glen, and it is really a bleak life. She has no rights, and her main job is to keep him and the rest of the people in his house happy.

20. I always have looked for the best challenge, I guess, that I could take on. I haven't been producing my own work or anything like that, so I've taken the jobs that look most interesting that come my way.

21. I tend to renovate properties when I'm not working.

22. You hear all these great stories about kids starting their own businesses and getting involved in their communities and politics and foundations - all kinds of things. And it's so much easier for kids to get motivated and do that.

23. Sometimes I feel like I am an old person trapped in a young person's body. I'm boring. I go to movies. I read. That's about it.

24. Luckily, I have the kind of personality where I am extremely private. I don't really like to tell everyone my business. I'd much rather people wonder or not know.

25. I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some.

26. I think there's so much to play in adolescence; there's so many conflicting things happening and so many changes, and there's just a lot of good stuff to play there as an actor.

27. More than anything, I just think about what roles I take on and make sure that it's really something that I feel passionate about if I'm going to leave home and go work.

28. Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.