183 Quotes by Lauren Graham

I struggled with the idea that this character, the parent, would ... stop speaking to her daughter and not make more of an effort.

I just really love my fake sisters, Mandy and Piper. We've had a really wonderful time. We talk about our eBay purchases.

All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100!

That's the thing that always stuck out to me - the idea that quantity becomes quality. I always took it to mean if you do anything enough, if you keep putting effort in, eventually something will happen, with or without you. You don't have to have faith when you start out, you just have to dedicate yourself to practice as if you have it.

I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be anyone in particular; I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines, or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags, or go out with cute guys from shows, or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor.

Moving. Someone said this to me a long time ago, it's bhuddist saying, I think: 'There is no wasted effort'.

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

Writing a memoir isn't particularly interesting to me. I'm not like Ellen [DeGeneres], where I can write, 'Water bottles--they're crazy!' and it's funny.

There's nothing more important than a good story.