243 Quotes by Gillian Jacobs

I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and being paid a pittance, and sort of scrounging by in New York and sleeping on a chair that folded out into a bed.

A movie that I’ve seen probably the most is ‘Fanny Alexander,’ the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don’t know how much they liked me that day.

I would love it if ‘Community’ could have a trajectory like ‘30 Rock’ and choose when to go out.

I very rarely listen to music in my car – a lot of people make fun of me for it. But sometimes I listen to music on YouTube. I’m like a teenager.

There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it! Bjork drove my mom nuts. What I listened to was actually pretty mom-friendly for the most part. I wasn’t very rebellious.

I love Opening Ceremony, Kenzo – anything Humberto Leon and Carol Lim touch. I drool over Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Delpozo, and Wes Gordon.

It’s funny shooting movies because you get to see clubs during daylight hours, which no one should ever see – it’s not pretty; there’s a reason the lighting is dim in there.

I’ve been in a lot of indie movies, where we didn’t necessarily have permits or permission. I’ve even run from the cops in the New York City subways!

A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said, ‘Oh, my friend Gillian read it and really loved it.’ She goes, ‘Gillian Jacobs, you mean: Britta Perry, feminist icon?’