Betty Gilpin

Wrestling was the first time I thought, 'My leg is the thing that functions in this way to do this move, to get from A to B.' Instead of, like, 'My body's purpose is to suck it in so the male showrunner thinks it's attractive.' ”

I grew up in a lot of stage managers' booths, memorizing the lines. I'm sure I was the most annoying child in existence. ”

I won't name names, but sometimes a TV set can be a shame-and-fear obstacle course for an actress. ”

I fill my business emails with smiley faces and question marks so that I don't sound too severe. ”

My attention span, when it comes to exercise, is pretty minimal. ”

When you're an actress - or just a woman - a lot of the exercise classes that are offered are so sort of male gaze-skewed. It's all working out for the beach and not for function at all. ”

My original perception of wrestling was not a very positive one. I didn't understand it at all, and I thought it was kind of silly and ridiculous. But as I got to know it, it was sort of like how people used to talk about musicals, to me, when I was younger. ”

Female friendship... I think you have friendships that come and go, and then there are ones that the girl becomes a part of your bones. ”

I went to the Women's March in D.C. on January 21, and I, looking around, was thinking, Wow, something that bonds all of us is that we've been silent-screaming in our bathrooms, alone, in between sarcastic lunches. ”

I do Bar Method - it's, like, you're there for an hour, and you get everything, and you're done. ”