Latest Ari Graynor Quotes from Interviews

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• When you're an actor, people talk a lot about how, at some point, you really have to take control of your career and what you want to do and create your own content. But for me it came from a really natural place of wanting to feel like what you're putting in the world has some meaning for you.

  Ari Graynor

  People, World, Natural

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I started doing community theater when I was seven and I think the intent was just expression. When you're a musician, you can make music in your room, and when you're a writer, you can write. Acting is one of the tricky art forms where you need a certain amount of permission to be able to do it. You can talk to yourself in the mirror, but it's different than actually acting or doing a scene. You need an audience and you need someone else to do it with.

  Ari Graynor

  Art, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• With acting, I started as a kid and it was my safe space and the place where I felt the most free to be all of myself. What gets explored in our show is where that instinct starts and where it meets with career, and how that can change your path a bit.

  Ari Graynor

  Kids, Acting, Path

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Once you do something that people respond to, they understandably think of you in that way, and you want to work and it's fun and it's wonderful. I think a lot of people in all different fields find themselves in a moment of repeating certain beats. There's also a moment that is personally related to age as well - in whatever field you're in, you say, "Wait a minute, where am I and how did I get here? How has this changed from my original intent and what do I want to do about that now?" That's part of the process.

  Ari Graynor

  Fun, Thinking, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• As I've grown as a person and gotten to know myself more - the question of how someone becomes who they become has gotten really interesting to me.

  Ari Graynor

  Interesting, Really Interesting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Most people, no matter what they do, they don't think they're a bad person. The place where their actions are coming from is a complicated place and a whole personal history. I definitely think that it helped me to look at the world a little less judgmentally.

  Ari Graynor

  Thinking, People, World

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Babies are born whole and then they go through experiences in life that chip away at some of that, and it becomes learned behavior.

  Ari Graynor

  Baby, Behavior

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Stand-up comedy is still a very male-dominated world. You look at a set list and maybe there's one woman on there.

  Ari Graynor

  World, Comedy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• What I love about our show is that it's so nuanced and feels very real to me. I think how it explores creativity in general is very real.

  Ari Graynor

  Real, Creativity, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• In stand up every joke is thought about so meticulously, and one word can completely change how the audience responds. You're up there with no safety net; you can't shirk responsibility. It's your thoughts; it's your voice. You can't blame it on the writing, you can't blame it on the editor. You are just up there completely naked.

  Ari Graynor

  Writing, Responsibility, Safety

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I think casting a show is an art form in and of itself. We're all so different - the cast is made up partly of real stand-ups, partly of actors, and then partly of just legendary actors.

  Ari Graynor

  Art, Real, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I don't think there's anything more scary than being forced into doing stand-up comedy.

  Ari Graynor

  Thinking, Scary, Comedy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• All I can to, and the only sense of control I have over this crazy moviemaking business, is to pick things that I like with people that I love and respect, and then just hope everything else works out.

  Ari Graynor

  Crazy, People, Work Out

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• It's exciting to look back at the work that I've done and not have a single regret about a job I've taken. I feel really proud of every film I've been a part of. Big or small role, I feel like it was the right choices.

  Ari Graynor

  Jobs, Regret, Taken

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• Through working with amazing people, the bar is always raised to do your own best work. I want to be a part of unique stories that are smart, heartfelt, funny and sad, and have a general sense of good quality.

  Ari Graynor

  Smart, Unique, People

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• The best and most talented directors - and I think it goes for people too - are the most confident in giving room to their actors and trusting them.

  Ari Graynor

  Thinking, People, Giving

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• It's the people that ultimately are less talented or have less confidence in what they're doing that then try to micro-manage, which lends itself to a less than ideal film.

  Ari Graynor

  People, Trying, Film

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.

  Ari Graynor

  People, Actors, Comedy

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• Life is hard enough, so when you can get any joy out of it, whether it's something you do on a day-to-day basis, or the people in your life, or going to see a funny movie, there's just nothing better. That's what life is about.

  Ari Graynor

  People, Life Is Hard, Joy

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• There is nothing better than a laugh in life. There just isn't.

  Ari Graynor

  Laughing

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.

  Ari Graynor

  Comedy, Boundaries

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• I think the good news for me in life is that I really trust my instincts when I come to work. Maybe less in life and in love, but in work and in comedic beats, I feel pretty confident.

  Ari Graynor

  Thinking, News, Life Is

  "Exclusive: Ari Graynor Talks LUCKY, THE SITTER and WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 15, 2011.

• There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy. If I'm in it and if there's a scene that has a great set-up, I will go as far as somebody will let me.

  Ari Graynor

  Self, Comedy, Scene

  Source: collider.com

• I can be such a people pleaser, and so worried about what people are thinking or feeling insecure.

  Ari Graynor

  Insecure, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

• When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are the people doing the right thing that you can point to as your own moral compass.

  Ari Graynor

  Character, People, Males

  Source: collider.com