74 Quotes by Taylor Schilling

I wanted to wear a uniform when I was in high school, but I couldn't. I was like, 'It would be so much easier!'

Massages are my favorite. Sometimes just getting myself outside for a walk if I'm really busy can be an indulgence. I love taking naps. I love to stay up too late with close friends. I believe in everything in moderation. I take what I like and leave what I don't.

Honestly, all the sweets and bad stuff on set don't really call to me because I'm working so much. I've trained myself to stay away from sugar.

I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length.

So often, we're expected to maintain some sort of standard - that won't get you where you need to go.

If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating.

For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that.

I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.

I'd love to do theater. I've done so many plays in my life. I still think of that as my main thing.