Alia Shawkat

I've been a big fan of Michael Showalter's for a long time. I watched 'Stella' growing up.

The main thing I got from growing up in a suburb is the boredom you have as a child.

I've worked with a couple of female directors now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.

Yeah, I've worked with a couple of female directors, now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.

I'm more verbal and not as private as I was as a kid. I still do a form of sense memory. It honestly depends on the job. It depends on the other people you're working with, how the other actor works.

I was born and grew up in Palm Springs. It's a great place to grow up, a real small town.

If your friend's feeling bad, it's hard to know what to do. Do you back away or try to help them? It's a really hard situation that I've been in. You want to support your friend. You want to be there. My advice is, don't get too involved with it, just be by their side. If they need your help, they'll ask for it.

Rosie Perez is the coolest. She's kind of everything you want her to be. She's involved in so many cool things, political charities and stuff.

If you want to do something, then you do it. If you don't want to do something, don't just do it because your friends are doing it, or because all the popular kids are doing it.

Kids can be harsh, especially when they get jealous.

When I was in New York, I put together a show; I put together this really great band and performed at this place called Littlefield in Brooklyn. It was really fun. I did, like, 10 standards, and then I just hopped around different bars like Mona's and different jazz clubs in New York just singing because I know all the standards so well.

I definitely had a weird thing of being attracted to older men. Never my family friends, never my dad's friends.