Top 183 Quotes & Sayings by Gillian Jacobs

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Gillian Jacobs.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Gillian Jacobs

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as Britta Perry on the NBC comedy series Community (2009–2015), Mickey Dobbs on the Netflix romantic comedy series Love (2016–2018), and Atom Eve on the Amazon animated series Invincible (2021). She had a recurring role as Mimi-Rose Howard on the fourth season (2015) of the HBO comedy-drama series Girls and has appeared in films such as Life Partners (2014), Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015), Don't Think Twice (2016), Brother Nature (2016), Life of the Party (2018), Ibiza (2018), I Used to Go Here (2020), and the Fear Street trilogy (2021).

A lot of people watch 'Community,' but DVR viewings only count if you watch within a certain time.
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.
I think 'Glee' was a freshman comedy, and I think whenever it's your debut season, you get compared a lot to the other shows, regardless if there's any sort of overlap in content or tone or anything, just because you came out in the same year.
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
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.
I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer.
We're all alone in this world.
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.
I'm a Bravoholic, and I love 'RuPaul's Drag Race.'
We all wish there were more 'Bridesmaids' out there.
Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.
I always had an easier time with adults. Somehow, I was always old! I still feel old.
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.
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!'
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 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.
I love discovering new young brands and watching these fashion lines take off, like Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, and Clover Canyon.
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.
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.
My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.
Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.
Thinking back about throwing myself at certain gentlemen that had no interest in me, that'll bring a blush to my face if I think about it too often.
As you become an adult and start to make your way in life, you realize how much your friends are your family - though you get to make fun of your friends, too.
I am very up front about about my inability to pronounce things correctly.
Like, I'm hyper-conscious about going to bed on time, and doing my seven-step skin care routine at night.
We're all slight hypocrites who fall short of our ideals.
I like the 'Moth' podcast a lot. I listen to that.
'Fresh Air' I listen to, like, every day.
I like passionate fandom.
A lot of my friends are guys, so I'm used to bro antics.
I did live in New York. Yeah, I moved to L.A. for 'Community.' And I gave up my apartment in New York.
My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs.
I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.
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.
No actor wants to choose - they just want all of the options available to them all the time; we tend to be pretty greedy.
Actors get bored.
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.
I've been getting into drinking smoothies in the morning - I like those a lot.
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.
When I was younger, I was very vocal to the point of being strident in my views.
No one in my school liked me. — © Gillian Jacobs
No one in my school liked me.
I've always thought - and I don't even know if I'd be right for the part - that Jean Seberg would make a great biopic. She was in Jean-Luc Godard's 'Breathless,' she played Joan of Arc. She had this eventful and traumatic adulthood, she thought the FBI was after her, and she became a darling of the French New Wave.
I really like the concept of, like, slowing down and savoring your food, enjoying it.
My mom wouldn't know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face.
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.
I can't tell you the number of people that are like, 'Has anyone ever told you you look like a blonde Liv Tyler?' And at this point, I'm like, 'Yes... yes, I've been told that.' I mean, she's beautiful. It's not like I'm not totally flattered by it, but then again, I think I look like myself.
Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.
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.
I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.
While I love film and want to continue to pursue it 100 percent, my home is TV.
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 had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on Saturday.
Actors are all narcissists.
Apparently, I have good feet for ballet.
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.
NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.
I'm not conservative, but I am kind of clean living in my own life.
I used to like to make myself sad, so I would listen to Bill Callahan as Smog.
Nobody knows what the future is except for wizards.
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.
'Dancing on My Own' is actually a really sad song! It has totally made me cry.
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.
I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'
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