Quotes from Jessica Pare


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I'm not an '80s fan. I'm more '70s New York pre-punk kind of thing, and I guess I grew up with '90s grunge, post-punk pop music.


I can cry all day long - that's easy for me.


I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd.


I drive past the Mad Men billboard every day and I can't believe I'm on that show.


I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.


I used to listen to the soundtrack for the movie 'Tank Girl' all the time. It was really good.


I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.


I would like to explore comedy more. It's not something that I've done a lot of. Obviously, I'm very at home in drama. I like everything.


I'm not a trained dancer - I know, I know, you're shocked, I'm sure.


And, of course, all of my friends and family are so excited because they feel like Montreal is being represented on Mad Men.


'Mad Men' has been my big break. I'm beyond thrilled.


Working on 'Mad Men,' everything is word for word. And, honestly, I couldn't come up with anything better than that, so it's fine.


At the time I just was like, I can't believe I am on the show, and the first thing I have to do is an entire song and dance routine for the whole cast of 'Mad Men.'


I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.


I think I approach my choices much the way I approach the way I consume movies and TV and stuff. I like everything, and sometimes I'll feel like a horror movie, and sometimes I'll just feel like an episode of 'Hoarders.'


I think I've always been ambitious. It just looks different on me. You know, I have friends who are actresses who go to every party they possibly can to be photographed and really try to make every connection they can, and I admire that and sometimes I wish I had a little bit more of that. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough ambition.


I'm a huge Marlene Dietrich fan. She's got this raunchy kind of strength. It would be hard to find a man who could come up with something hard for her to handle. She's seen it all and done it all.


In the work that I normally do, you have a whole script, a whole arc, that you play. And I do believe a good actor will play every bit of information they're given.


An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.


I like to sing around the bonfire, in my car and in the shower.