Ari Graynor

As an actor, there's no faking it. ”

On stage, you have nothing to hide behind. It allows the work to live in a more organic place. It's almost like a meditation. You have to go on that stage and be as present as possible. ”

I was made fun of for being fat from fourth or fifth grade to eighth grade. That was pretty rough. ”

I played a lot of dress-up in my room. I really liked being alone. I had a lot of friends, but I had an only-child, live-in-my-head personality. ”

It took me a solid four or five years to feel really comfortable in front of the camera. ”

For all creative people, that's sort of everyone's journey. You feel something inside, and it takes a while to figure out what that looks like and what your voice is. ”

I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like that. I feel like that's the next phase of my career. To reprove to everyone that I can do things besides the crazy characters. ”

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting. ”

I think most people have experienced that at some point: being on one end or the other of a super-unbalanced relationship. ”

It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue. ”