Quotes from Lauren Graham


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The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.


Belly buttons are cool!


I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending.


I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.


I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me.


I'm nice, and I show up on time.


I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.


It's great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV.


My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.


All TV shows are basically part of the same storyline.


The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else.


When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.


You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.


As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair.


Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me.


One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials.


Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene.


Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans.


Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it!


Perspective is the most important thing to have in life.