Shiri By Quotes & Sayings

I never went to any of the Hollywood child parties. — Shiri Appleby

The people were just so lovely and accommodating and had really interesting questions and it was just interesting to see how the show is actually received in so many different countries. — Shiri Appleby

If the goal of feminism is to end patriarchy and gender-based oppression, then transgender politics supplies us one of the most important perspectives from which to view - and challenge - binary gender and gender-based oppression. As mentioned in previous chapters, if no clear distinction exists between "male" and "female," it becomes impossible to oppress people according to their gender. If we have no sole criterion for determining who is "man" and who is "woman," we can't know whose role it is to be oppressor, and whose to be oppressed. — Shiri Eisner

I feel like I get really stressed out sometimes. I just want someone to tell me, "Relax, it's all going to be okay." I think that's all we really need. — Shiri Appleby

I want to do work where I have something to say. — Shiri Appleby

Watching somebody else fail definitely makes you feel better with what you've accomplished and where your standing is in life. — Shiri Appleby

I love doing a television show. It just always feels like it's a little while before you find something that feels unique and that feels like a character that you really want to play for awhile. — Shiri Appleby

I'd love to be a huge television director. I definitely want to do that. I could imagine me going more and more into that, as I age. — Shiri Appleby

Once you start to listen to your voice, you start to feel the power in that. — Shiri Appleby

The lead actress is like the host of the party, but when you're the lead actress and you're a producer, you're really throwing the party. You have so much control in making sure everyone is having a really good time and everyone is heard. — Shiri Appleby

It's really important to just accept who we are, and find somebody who accepts us for who we are. — Shiri Appleby

There was a scene early on during the first season of Roswell and I broke down crying. Since then, I've always just been able to do it. — Shiri Appleby

I find that people are constantly coming up to me now. There's been a definite surge of people recognizing me and I'm not sure if it has to do with the DVDs or not, but I've sort of assumed that it does because the show has been off the air for three years now. — Shiri Appleby

I think dating is all about role playing, and figuring out what you want and don't want. You figure out more about yourself by meeting people. You're like, "I'm not right for that person, but why am I not?" I think dating is a really interesting journey. — Shiri Appleby

There are a lot of different sides to me. I don't know if I'm always peaches-and-cream. — Shiri Appleby

I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient. — Shiri Appleby

She wasn't as naive and innocent as she was in the first season. — Shiri Appleby

I felt like Jason Behr and I had such a unique chemistry. He just walked in and we started reading together, it was just there — Shiri Appleby

As an actor, I love being pushed. I love the feeling of, "Oh my god, I have to keep trying. What else is there to do?". — Shiri Appleby

They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances. — Shiri Appleby

I call myself bisexual because I acknowledge that I have in myself the potential to be attracted - romantically and/or sexually - to people of more than one sex, and/or gender, not necessarily at the same time, not necessarily in the same way, and not necessarily to the same degree. — Shiri Eisner

I took my waitress uniform. Seemed fitting. — Shiri Appleby

It means understanding that different kinds of oppression are interlinked, and that one can't liberate only one group without the others. It means acknowledging kyriarchy and intersectionality - the fact that along different axes, we're all both oppressed and oppressors, privileged and disprivileged. — Shiri Eisner

I think the show has sort of given me a name in this business and allowed a lot of people the opportunity to see what I can do, and it's just sort of like a sweet starting point. — Shiri Appleby

Privileged people can feel the way these identities threaten their privileged status and the benefits that they receive as a result. For this reason also, trying to reassure hegemony that these identities are not a threat to it (for the purpose of being "accepted" into society) is moot. Hegemony is right to feel threatened, because there's no way one could change social order without deconstructing power. — Shiri Eisner

I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far. — Shiri Appleby

After years of struggling with how I looked, I'm pretty comfortable and proud of my body now. — Shiri Appleby

On going vegetarian." I was sitting here eating my plate of chicken salad, and suddenly I looked down and saw all the meat on my plate and just wasn't hungry anymore. So i've decided I'm not going to eat meat." — Shiri Appleby

I had a really normal childhood except I acted. It was like, my brother played soccer, and I was on television sometimes. — Shiri Appleby

As an actor, you're just brought on to fill one role, so it's nice to see what the entire journey is like. As much as I'd be allowed to do it, I would do it. I love it. — Shiri Appleby