She watched the first episode and she was like, 'This is feminism?' And then by the end of the season, she was like, 'This is feminism.' The tone changed completely. She was really psyched about it.

I'm drawn to what I'm drawn to. I wear jeans and loafers everyday, mostly casual, but when I really turn it on, I like a classic, simple look.

My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.

I operate with this sense of needing to live up to what I am asking of people. I am, by far, my own worst critic.

I would prefer to keep my clothes on. Unless there's a brisk breeze or something, I tend to keep them on.

I'm a big Aqua fan. "Barbie Girl" was a big deal growing up.

My whole background is character acting: weird costumes, fat suits, playing men, playing animals - I've never played anyone with whom there's any overlapping Venn diagram.

I love making people uncomfortable, and when people say, 'I cringed watching [that] scene,' that's the biggest compliment you can give me.

I'd be worried about myself as a human if I hadn't been nervous.

I auditioned for 'Girls' the fall after I graduated from Yale. The show has been amazing - as close to perfect as it gets!

I started out really into musical theater. So you can imagine I was super popular. I wasn't awkward looking at all.

Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.

It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt

I have jeans with holes in them and I have nice jeans. I have casual and I have dressy jeans. I've got all kinds.

Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions.

What the world needs right now... a good, artistic, gothic, terrifying scare

Just because we're stupid doesn't mean everybody else was.

What are you?" I rasped. It smiled. "Whatever scares you.

If you blithely do what you do and you're good at what you do, and try to be a decent person, you can succeed.

In the early days of the software industry, people cared about copyright and didn't give a damn about patents - they copied each other willy-nilly.

How a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about.