Top 52 Quotes & Sayings by Kiernan Shipka
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Kiernan Shipka.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I really get a chance to be a normal kid.
My style is constantly changing.
This is one of those industries where you never have full control of your hair.
Friendships are this fun team. You get to have partners in crime.
Some things are worth the splurge.
Young people deserve to be portrayed with depth.
I am a huge fashion fan. It's a really cool way to express yourself.
I really had the best time on 'Mad Men.' It was a wonderful place for me, because I never went to an acting school or anything like that, so 'Mad Men' was kind of my training.
I hate a messy closet. I totally freak out when my closet is messy and I can't find anything.
There is a lot of uncertainty in this industry, and you can create your own opportunities and take control of that, but that also takes a lot of time.
If I could have any superpower, I would want hyper-intelligence.
Occasionally, as an actor, you're not... Sometimes, at least for me, I'm not fully in the groove until the second or third take, in which I would not want to just stop. If it's a scene that takes a lot of work and time, sometimes the scene gets better with time, and sometimes it gets exhausted. I think it just depends on the scene.
Chipotle never lets me down. I feel like, in the middle of nowhere, Chipotle is still there, and my burrito bowl is still going to sustain me. So Chipotle, for convenience and reliability.
To be quite honest, my fans growing up were my friends' parents. Like, 30-plus was, like, 'Mad Men' age group.
I was a kindergarten dropout.
I love organization, so I split my clothes into two closets according to seasons.
I'm a 'Harry-Potter'-till-I-die kind of person. Those are the movies I grew up on. I was like, 'Why would I want to watch any other movies when there's 'Air Bud' and 'Harry Potter?'' It makes no sense why I have to expand my movie-viewing experience when I have two really wonderful films.
Honestly, I think that ghee is underrated. I love using clarified butter. I think it makes vegetables taste so good, especially when you're just cooking at home.
I follow fashion trends.
I always try to read at night, because it gets me kind of tired.
I don't think that having a hard time is inherently negative. I think that it can make you a stronger person; it can be tough and painful, but it can make you grow.
I've been playing since I was 5, but I wouldn't say that I'm serious about the piano.
I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio.
I'm such a firm believer that everyone should see themselves in a character, and everyone should feel represented.
I certainly know quite a few kid actors, but I'm not really friends with them. They're all very nice people, but I just don't run in the same circles.
I design some of my own clothes now.
I have a Twitter, but I'm not a tweeter... if that really makes sense.
I do lots of activities. I hang out with friends.
I'm a big fan of L.A.
I am always texting!
Any day acting is an amazing day.
I'd definitely like to go to college some day.
I don't know if I've ever screamed or cried for a band.
'Mad Men' introduced me to the power of fashion.
I make most of my friends through my extracurricular activities.
Teens are being portrayed with depth because they are multidimensional, and they deserve to be portrayed as such.
I don't think people are monsters if they put ketchup on hot dogs, but I'm good without it. It's a debate that I don't get too hot-and-heavy with.
I had a really traumatizing experience growing up. When I was, like, 10 or 11, I was vegan. I'm not anymore, but I was, and I went to this hot dog place because I heard they had a veggie dog. I took a bite, and literally - I kid you not - it was a carrot in a bun. Horrifying.
To a certain extent, I think I've tried to train myself to not dive too deep into things or get my hopes too way up, because the fear of disappointment and whatnot is only natural.
The characters I've always been drawn to are real and flawed. That's not how women have always been portrayed.
I do listen to some music, but I don't technically have one band I'm absolutely hooked on.
I worry a lot. I'm a catastrophizer by nature.
I really love playing a character that's a little younger than me, to be honest. Because even if it's just three years, I can bring perspective into it.
I'm such a theater geek.
I can remember back to when I was 12, 13, and any show that I watched, I wanted to be the main character and embody them, and I think the fact that Sabrina is, in so many ways, such a positive role model for young girls is really cool.
There's nothing wrong with a lisp.
That's a big thing in my life: going with your gut. If something isn't lighting the fire and making you excited, or if something feels wrong or doesn't agree with you, it should be questioned. It should be talked about.
Well I was a Gerber baby, so probably that was my first money. But in cash, I used to do lemonade stands a lot.
The first scene I ever appeared in, it was the first scene I ever shot [during my] first day on set. I walk up to my mom with a plastic bag over my head and she says that her clothes better not be on the floor, not that a plastic bag is not a safety hazard or anything. I think it's a really cute scene and also just a very vivid memory.
One of my favorite apps is VSCO, which is for editing photos. I think they have great filters. And then I read the New York Times.
Kissing is much easier than smoking.
Growing up on Mad Men with so many incredible actors and then going on to other things with amazing people, I never had any formal acting training, but they are all acting schools, basically. Just watching and learning from the best is insane. It's like having an internship and watching all these amazing people doing their work. You just soak it up like a sponge, hopefully.
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