36 Quotes by Emily Meade

I think I'm slightly older than the generation that was really bred on social media - I had Facebook in high school, but I was growing up in a time where these things were relatively new, and every generation below me is growing up having every single thing they do seen. And that is kind of frightening.

I can be very stubborn, cold, strict, rigid, and - I'd like to think - driven.

I want to do every kind of movie and role you could imagine.

I'm a workaholic and very focused on my goals.

I don't like feeling like it's not up to me when I'm working and when I'm not. Not feeling complete freedom... that's frustrating.

People are apprehensive about finding 'The Leftovers' funny because it's such a dark circumstance, but I think, really, what the show is about is examining how different people deal with loss. There are elements of humour and levity and irony in that... just like in real life.

Was I a fan of P!nk before 'Thanks for Sharing?' Yeah, I was.

I definitely went through some dark teenage years. I wore black raccoon eyeliner every single day. I would be late to school if I didn't have time to put my eyeliner on.

Basically I wanted to be a male comedian; those were my idols.