Gillian Quotes

I'm all for whatever transitions the book properly to a movie.

And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don't have genuine souls.

I'd come to believe there was no food more depressing than Danish, a pastry that seemed stale upon arrival

Everytime people said I was pretty, I thought of everything ugly swarming beneath my clothes.

He was one of those guys who'd pronounce I'm a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual.

Coffee goes great with sudden death.

Love should require both partners to be their very best at all times

I assumed everything bad in the world could happen, because everything bad in the world already did happen.

My imagination is more tweaked by imagining the lives of the people who were there before us. I don't need to give myself the willies. I'm quite good at that - I can freak myself out wherever I am.

I like the discipline of writing a script. You can't go into the character's head - you have to find these creative ways to help externalize what they're thinking.

Accept your failure, move on, and don't torture yourself.

Inspiration strikes at very funny times.

There's no right one way to go through life.

Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.

The nice part about not being a huge film is that you get to goof around a bit more.

As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work.

I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.

In Los Angeles, sometimes it's hard to find a magazine stand, let alone one that has the magazine that you want. So I find that the longer I live in L.A., the more digitally I consume.

There's no way to know what's going to happen.

I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'

I am very up front about about my inability to pronounce things correctly.

Nobody knows what the future is, except for wizards.

I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.

I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on Saturday.

I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer.

My inners are not organs. They're actually mechanics, so I have a hole in my back, wind me up like the movie 'Hugo,' and then just say, 'Act,' you know?

I think I signed some contract, early on in my career, that I will only kiss Steve Carell when I do a movie.

I say the word N-U-C-L-E-R the same way that George W. Bush says it.

Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.

A lot of my friends are guys, so I'm used to bro antics.

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.

Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.

I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.

Even something as stupid as Vine videos makes you feel like you're making things on your own.

Apparently, I have good feet for ballet.

I think, you know, when you're an actor who's had periods of unemployment, it makes you feel really good to have a job - to say that you're expected somewhere, do you know what I mean?

I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want to survive past the death of society as we know it.

I've always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She's so talented and funny, and she's become this force of nature - directing, producing. Being around her is kind of inspiring.

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'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.

It's funny shooting movies because you get to see clubs during daylight hours, which no one should ever see - it's not pretty; there's a reason the lighting is dim in there.

You can only do so many serious dramas in a row before you want to break. You want a change.

It's really nice when life comes full circle and you get to work with people four years down the line.

You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.

You know it's a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.

You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career.

I think we are used to being critical and evaluating ideas.

I always try to have a bigger picture view of my career. But that didn't mean that I didn't cry about not getting jobs.

I try to not go over things from the past. Learn your lessons and then let it go.