Gillian Jacobs Quotes & Sayings

No one in my school liked me. — Gillian Jacobs

My poor, problematic feet don't let me wear anything much over a three- or four-inch heel. — Gillian Jacobs

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?' — Gillian Jacobs

It's funny shooting movies because you get to see clubs during daylight hours, which no one should ever see - it's not pretty; there's a reason the lighting is dim in there. — Gillian Jacobs

I'm not conservative, but I am kind of clean living in my own life. — Gillian Jacobs

I'm a very law-abiding citizen, and I've never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles! — Gillian Jacobs

Like, I'm hyper-conscious about going to bed on time, and doing my seven-step skin care routine at night. — Gillian Jacobs

I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama. — Gillian Jacobs

An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on — Gillian Jacobs

You have to have an awareness of where you're going, what the event is, what you're promoting, and who the audience is. That always informs the way you dress. — Gillian Jacobs

I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women. — Gillian Jacobs

I think I signed some contract, early on in my career, that I will only kiss Steve Carell when I do a movie. — Gillian Jacobs

There is a great degree of comfort with your family when you're on a TV show. — Gillian Jacobs

While I love film and want to continue to pursue it 100 percent, my home is TV. — Gillian Jacobs

There are these important things in some people's lives that can make you laugh even when you're going through a tough time or a stressful week. — Gillian Jacobs

I don't like yelling insults at someone who's never done anything to me. — Gillian Jacobs

I'm spending way too much time test running my Vine videos. I'll go into a room and close the door and be in there for an hour workshopping a Vine video that I never even post. So that's probably a huge time suck. — Gillian Jacobs

I say the word N-U-C-L-E-R the same way that George W. Bush says it. — Gillian Jacobs

College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund. — Gillian Jacobs

As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work. — Gillian Jacobs

They didn't really encourage my goofy, comedic side at Juilliard. — Gillian Jacobs

I have a hard time watching people getting punched on screen; I have to close my eyes a lot. — Gillian Jacobs

Inspiration strikes at very funny times. — Gillian Jacobs

I am very up front about about my inability to pronounce things correctly. — Gillian Jacobs

I am not a big 'Hunger Games' fan. — Gillian Jacobs

I always had an easier time with adults. Somehow, I was always old! I still feel old. — Gillian Jacobs

I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do. — Gillian Jacobs

I'm a terrible cook. — Gillian Jacobs

When you're shooting at 9 A.M. at a club, you have to use all of your acting skills. — Gillian Jacobs

In my sort of young, idealistic mind, I was just like, 'Well, it's either theater or film for me, and that will be that!' — Gillian Jacobs

In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to chew gum in class - I wrote about why women should receive equal pay. — Gillian Jacobs

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 they're playing bad versions of Christmas songs on repeat. — Gillian Jacobs

I think we've probably all read a word that we've never heard pronounced out loud, and we try it out in a sentence and fall on our face. — Gillian Jacobs

I keep reminding myself, through all the ups and downs of 'Community,' that I might never have another job that really means something to people the way 'Community' means something to people. That's more powerful than ratings. — Gillian Jacobs

'The Comeback' is my favorite TV show of all-time because it's just brill. It's Lisa Kudrow's show about what it's like to be an actor on a TV show. She's so amazing on it. — Gillian Jacobs

Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart. — Gillian Jacobs

I've been making Vine videos for a couple of months. They're just six-second little videos, but I really have fun doing them. It's just fun to feel like you created something. — Gillian Jacobs

I very rarely listen to music in my car - a lot of people make fun of me for it. But sometimes I listen to music on YouTube. I'm like a teenager. — Gillian Jacobs

I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on Saturday. — Gillian Jacobs

I love Opening Ceremony, Kenzo - anything Humberto Leon and Carol Lim touch. I drool over Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Delpozo, and Wes Gordon. — Gillian Jacobs

I haven't done improv since I was in middle school. — Gillian Jacobs

I would love it if 'Community' could have a trajectory like '30 Rock' and choose when to go out. — Gillian Jacobs

I've had a very positive experience in L.A. in the comedy world and found everyone to be very nice and welcoming. It's been really fun. — Gillian Jacobs

I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways. — Gillian Jacobs

In Los Angeles, sometimes it's hard to find a magazine stand, let alone one that has the magazine that you want. So I find that the longer I live in L.A., the more digitally I consume. — Gillian Jacobs

When I was younger, I was very vocal to the point of being strident in my views. — Gillian Jacobs

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

You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career. — Gillian Jacobs

Actors are all narcissists. — Gillian Jacobs

My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs. — Gillian Jacobs

I'd say I've gone to grad school for comedy being on 'Community.' — Gillian Jacobs

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. — Gillian Jacobs

A lot of people watch 'Community,' but DVR viewings only count if you watch within a certain time. — Gillian Jacobs

It's really nice when life comes full circle and you get to work with people four years down the line. — Gillian Jacobs

My mom wouldn't know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face. — Gillian Jacobs

You can only do so many serious dramas in a row before you want to break. You want a change. — Gillian Jacobs

I don't think I've ever been mistaken for anyone. — Gillian Jacobs

The more attention you give to your negative feelings, the more they grow, so I think things just start to blow totally out of proportion. — Gillian Jacobs

I feel like I go through cycles as an actress. — Gillian Jacobs

I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and being paid a pittance, and sort of scrounging by in New York and sleeping on a chair that folded out into a bed. — Gillian Jacobs

I really like the concept of, like, slowing down and savoring your food, enjoying it. — Gillian Jacobs

I like passionate fandom. — Gillian Jacobs

My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school. — Gillian Jacobs

I had kissed a girl in the second season of 'Community,' but that was my first time kissing a girl ever, and I was so nervous, I almost knocked Brit Marling's teeth out. — Gillian Jacobs

You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something. — Gillian Jacobs

I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I wanted to to be a Supreme Court justice, but didn't want to be a lawyer. I just wanted to go straight to being a justice. — Gillian Jacobs

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. — Gillian Jacobs

I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places. — Gillian Jacobs

I think, you know, when you're an actor who's had periods of unemployment, it makes you feel really good to have a job - to say that you're expected somewhere, do you know what I mean? — Gillian Jacobs

I feel like so often I'm just, like, running around and eating in the car, which is, like, not good, or eating as I'm walking down the street. — Gillian Jacobs

I'd never really done comedy before 'Community,' so getting to work day in and day out with all these great people, directors, writers, and actors, I feel like I've learned a lot. — Gillian Jacobs

I think if I was in over 250 films, the world would get pretty sick of me. I would probably never get put in anything ever again. — Gillian Jacobs

I've always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She's so talented and funny, and she's become this force of nature - directing, producing. Being around her is kind of inspiring. — Gillian Jacobs

I am short, so even if there are things that I like, or like on other people, I have to be aware that sometimes that won't work on me because I'm not 5'10. It has to have a shape for my body; otherwise, I look like I am two inches tall. I have to wear things that skim my body more closely than a runway model would. — Gillian Jacobs

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. — Gillian Jacobs

My inners are not organs. They're actually mechanics, so I have a hole in my back, wind me up like the movie 'Hugo,' and then just say, 'Act,' you know? — Gillian Jacobs

I'm a Bravoholic, and I love 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' — Gillian Jacobs

A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don't think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with. — Gillian Jacobs

The nice part about not being a huge film is that you get to goof around a bit more. — Gillian Jacobs

It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh. — Gillian Jacobs

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 wasn't very rebellious. — Gillian Jacobs

I wasn't necessarily looking to do comedy on TV, but I don't think it's an accident that I ended up on 'Community.' — Gillian Jacobs

A movie that I've seen probably the most is 'Fanny & Alexander,' the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don't know how much they liked me that day. — Gillian Jacobs

I used to babysit. And the kids I babysat were huge Hilary Duff fans, and so we used to have dance parties every day to her music. So I am very familiar with the albums of Miss Hilary Duff. — Gillian Jacobs

I haven't ever seen 'Lost' ... I'm sorry. — Gillian Jacobs

I've gotten super into restaurants in L.A., so I try to go to different restaurants all the time ... that's a good way to explore L.A.: you can drive to a restaurant and discover a new neighborhood. — Gillian Jacobs

I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want to survive past the death of society as we know it. — Gillian Jacobs

Some girls say they don't feel comfortable in flats, they only feel comfortable in heels; I am not one of those girls. — Gillian Jacobs

I have a lot of good stories for talk shows about the conditions in which I worked. — Gillian Jacobs

I'm a worry-wart, I'd say. — Gillian Jacobs

NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs. — Gillian Jacobs

On the set of 'Community,' we quote 'Community' to each other. We're a lost cause. We're like a bunch of little kids running around and yelling things. — Gillian Jacobs

I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.' — Gillian Jacobs

Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes. — Gillian Jacobs

I'm not really a rapper! — Gillian Jacobs

We all wish there were more 'Bridesmaids' out there. — Gillian Jacobs

We're all alone in this world. — Gillian Jacobs

I'm 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. — Gillian Jacobs

My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. I'm trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing. — Gillian Jacobs

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with. — Gillian Jacobs