Quotes from Amber Tamblyn


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I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality.


My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I got the role and when I started doing it.


I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help.


I could never say that one religion is wrong. I could never say that this person's God is wrong, I could never say that someone is wrong because they don't believe in God.


But I didn't even see God in the show as being very spiritual, I see him or her, it, as being something that is just relevant and very important in her life.


And one of my other friends could not believe in God if he came down and tapped her on the shoulder. She's a biologist - a student at UCLA - and I don't judge her either, because I really believe that God is a personal opinion, and only that.


A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it.


A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction.


People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.


People in real life cuss God out when they're angry. That's all real.


Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends.


My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.


My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad.


My advice is to make acting your second career choice.


I think that people are definitely interested in the idea that Joan has conversations with God.


I think I had an advantage in the sense that I wasn't raised religiously.


If it comes back, I think that Friday night is not a good night to be on.


I haven't had a lot of celebrities around me growing up.


I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.


A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.