Betty Gilpin

Growing up, I was a self-loathing Igor who carried the queen's books. My job was to be the sarcastic sherpa, quietly providing the farce and adoration, then becoming part of the wall when cued. ”

Both of my parents are actors, so I grew up backstage with them. I would see some of their shows 30, 40, 50 times. I would have it all memorized. I loved it. ”

I'm on a billboard in Times Square, but my bathroom is still dirty, and I have toothpaste on my face. ”

When I first thought about wrestling, I thought about it as this foreign thing that I would have so much trouble accessing, and then, day one of researching it, I was like, 'Oh, I know what this is! This is theater. This is playing pretend.' It was really easy to connect to. ”

I would do musicals in high school where there was dancing, and I would sing my verse, and then they would choreograph it so when I would take an eight-count to back up to the back of the stage while the other dancers covered me up because my body was totally... I was always in newborn-deer mode. ”

There's nothing fake about flipping over and landing on your back. ”

If I'm brought the wrong order at a restaurant, I don't send it back, because I don't want the waiter to get mad at me. ”

I went to theater school where there is a lot of holding each other's faces and crying, and a lot of kid gloves. ”

Being an actor, I've thought about being in the male gaze. ”

I'm like Elaine Stritch everywhere. ”