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Last updated on November 5, 2024.
Jane Colburn Levy is an American actress. After attending the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, she debuted as the original Mandy Milkovich on the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2011). Levy left Shameless following its first season to portray the lead of the ABC sitcom Suburgatory from 2011 to 2014. Transitioning to film, Levy collaborated with director Fede Álvarez as the lead of the horror films Evil Dead (2013) and Don't Breathe (2016). She returned to television with series regular roles on the Hulu comedy-drama There's... Johnny! (2017) and horror fantasy Castle Rock (2018), in addition to headlining the Netflix thriller miniseries What/If (2019). From 2020 to 2021, Levy portrayed the title character of the NBC musical comedy-drama Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
I know plenty people, and I've done it myself, where you lock yourself inside for four days and you a watch a whole series. It's like watching a never-ending movie. It's great not to have to wait for the next season or the next week.
I don't like roller coasters. I don't like bungee jumping. I don't like snow boarding really fast down the hill. I am not someone who is an adrenaline junkie.
The whole thing about doing TV is that you never know what's going to happen. You just have to go with it and go with the flow.
I haven't even watched that many movies; I'm, like, a weird actor.
I never met Sam Raimi in my whole life.
I didn't grow up watching movies and thinking, 'Oh, I wanna be in those!'
Your imagination is your most important tool as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.
I have very complex and complicated ideas about technology. It's such a prominent way that we communicate with each other. In ways, I think it's really positive, and in ways, I think it's really negative.
At college, I wasn't passionate about anything I was studying.
My boyfriend and I don't get to live in the same city all the time, and the fact that I can text him or call him or even Skype with him is so wonderful.
I do like the whole idea of going to a location to shoot a movie, and there is a start date and a finish date, and a lot of special things happen within those weeks.
Honestly, it's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny.
I have amazing parents and some really great friends that would kick my butt if I ever started acting different.
I hate censorship, man. I really do.
All over the world, maybe besides literature, there's nothing that touches many people as movies do. People see them everywhere.
I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but she had to pull the emergency brake so obviously there was a problem. I remember them handing me my fail paper and me just bursting into tears.
Violence is a part of the world and life, and you shouldn't have to take it out of stories.
I'm not necessarily a horror fan. I just never really watched them that much.
What's fun about being an actress is you change all the time.
I like jeans with sneakers or boots.
I've never seen 'Evil Dead 2.' Sorry about that. I'm sorry to the world.
I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!
When I was little, I asked my mom to move us to Los Angeles and get me an agent. She would say, 'Stop it. Go play in the dirt.'
Auditioning is such an unnatural thing. You're in a tiny little room with, like, seven people cramped together, acting to a casting director; just, none of it makes any sense.
I think that I can improv.
I'm from the suburbs and where I'm from didn't necessarily have people like you see in 'Suburgatory,' but along those lines and I think people will laugh at themselves. And it's lighthearted.
One of the only TV shows that I really love is 'Twin Peaks.' Kyle McLachlan plays Agent Dale Cooper, and I love Dale Cooper, so I'm in love with Kyle McLachlan. He could be my dad, so it's really weird.
My mom was one of the original designers for Coach in the eighties, and she designed some classics, including the City Bag. It's the only bag I use!
To be honest, there are so many things I learned in acting school beyond the method; it was a safe place to practice. So acting school was about exercising that acting muscle and doing it every single day - and having people tell you that you're bad every single day! Which pushes you to work even harder.
I love to eat.
Fairy tales are really violent, the original ones.
I'm not a natural redhead, but I enjoy having red hair.
I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.
I try not to live my life on my phone or my social media pages.
I went to England for five months when I was in high school, by myself, so I did experience a bit of being the fish out of water.
Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.
My mom is the recycling Nazi, and I always bring a bag to the grocery store.
I don't watch TV; it's pretty weird, I know.
If I only did TV show, I'd probably not be the happiest girl. I love the show, but I'm an actor and I want to work on different things. TV lasts for so much of the year that you're just aching to play a different part. And I love movies so much that I want to be a part of as many as I can.
I am really attracted to films. It's nice to do something new, all the time. That's why I like being an actor.
Whats fun about being an actress is you change all the time.
I'm always changing and learning about acting, and about myself. I just hope to always keep doing that.
Violence has been a part of storytelling forever and there's obviously a reason for it. Fairy tales are really violent, the original ones. I think there's something cathartic about having kids live through their fears through a book or any kind of story.
As an actor, you realize that your whole life is about arrivals and departures. You're always meeting people, you get really close, and then you all have to leave.
Your imagination is your most important tool, as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.
I find that going to bed without my phone or an iPad makes me sleep better and helps me wake up without obsessing over emails. It makes my day better.
When I make a movie, I just make the movie. I don't think about the success of it. If it becomes successful, that's an amazing treat. If it doesn't, you had a great time making it and you learned from it, and then you make a new thing.
Violence is a part of the world and life, and you shouldnt have to take it out of stories.
I haven't even watched that many movies, I'm like a weird actor.
I find the film world very romantic. I want to try to be in more movies. When you're on a TV show and you do the same thing for years and years, it can get a little bit boring.
It's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny.
I'm like a weird actor. I feel like I'm vastly uneducated when it comes to the cinema.
I like doing both comedy and drama. I'm not really feeling more drawn to one over the other. I also like dramedies. I like movies and TV shows that are mixtures of the two.
I try not to live my life on my phone or my social media pages. Most of the time, I feel better and happier and I learn more when I'm not on my phone, all day, or a computer, or an iPad.
I feel like I'll always feel that I have so much to learn and I don't feel uncomfortable in my skin.
It's always so much fun to create backstory. Even if there are more clues in the script, you still always have to invent a lot for yourself. I think that comes naturally.
If you're comfortable with someone, you feel creatively free. Whether it's a comedic scene or a dramatic one, you don't feel self-conscious because you feel safe with the people that you're around.