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Betty Gilpin
Betty Gilpin
American Actress
Born: Jul 21, 1986
Actor First Me Thought Time You
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I fill my business emails with smiley faces and question marks so that I don't sound too severe. Betty Gilpin
Business Too Emails Severe Marks Faces Smiley Sound Question Fill
In previous roles, I have thought of my body as 'Betty's body,' and I try not to eat too many dinner rolls - please don't fire me! I'll make crazy choices from the neck up, but from the neck down, it's just me trying to suck it in. And in 'GLOW,' my whole body was required to do a function and not just to look as good as possible in a costume. Betty Gilpin
Good Me Crazy Try Thought Dinner Fire Down Too Please Possible Eat Costume Previous Betty Look Make Glow Up Roles Trying Rolls Just Choices Required Body Suck Many Whole Function Neck
With all the stuff that's going on in the world - after I watch the news, read the news, and listen to my podcasts, at the end of the day, am I really going to watch an episode of murder and time travel? Betty Gilpin
Time Day News Travel World End Of The Day Stuff Read Am Time Travel End Going Listen After Really Episode Watch
'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way as an actor - and that felt amazing. Betty Gilpin
Time Amazing First Way Head Powerful Powerful Way Felt First Time Glow Asked Toe Body Use Functional Actor
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.' Betty Gilpin
Time Thought First Way Wrestling Purpose Instead Like Attractive First Time Male Leg Get Move Body Suck Functions Thing Thinks
I'm on a billboard in Times Square, but my bathroom is still dirty, and I have toothpaste on my face. Betty Gilpin
Face Bathroom Toothpaste Dirty Still Square Times Times Square Billboard
There's not a ton of roles out there for the insecure, loud Britney Spears type. Betty Gilpin
Britney Britney Spears Type Out Insecure Loud Roles Spears Ton
I often feel like a character actress trapped inside the mean, aging Barbie's body. Betty Gilpin
Character Trapped Character Actress Inside Feel Like Often Mean Barbie Body Aging Actress
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. Betty Gilpin
Parents Backstage Would See Some Both Up Times Grew Loved Them Shows Actor
I wasn't allowed to audition for anything professionally until I was - I guess I cheated a little bit and started when I was in college, but I graduated! Barely. Betty Gilpin
College Guess Bit Allowed Cheated Until Audition Graduated Anything Little Little Bit Barely Professionally Started
I spent a lot of time in college studying theater of the absurd and Beckett and Genet, and then I spent a lot of time after that at 'Gossip Girl' auditions, thinking, 'Wow, I really wasted my money.' Betty Gilpin
Time Money Gossip College Girl Thinking Spent Wow Absurd Studying Beckett Gossip Girl Auditions Lot After Theater Then Really Wasted
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. Betty Gilpin
Queen Job Books Carried Adoration Part Becoming Self-Loathing Providing Up Wall Quietly Then Farce Who Sarcastic Growing Growing Up
I ate cucumbers and saltines - not because I wanted to look a certain way, but because I was so sad my appetite disappeared. Betty Gilpin
Sad Way Ate Disappeared Look Because Wanted Certain Certain Way Appetite
I won't name names, but sometimes a TV set can be a shame-and-fear obstacle course for an actress. Betty Gilpin
Sometimes TV TV Set Name Obstacle Names Course Actress Set
My mom used to play a lot of super character-y parts... so I was sort of raised to be a clown. Betty Gilpin
Mom Clown Super Sort Parts Lot Used Play Raised
There's nothing fake about flipping over and landing on your back. Betty Gilpin
Nothing Back About Over Fake Landing Your Flipping
The smell of a perm is this special kind of Chernobyl-grave soup smell. Betty Gilpin
Smell Kind Soup Special
I'm like Elaine Stritch everywhere. Betty Gilpin
Everywhere Like
To get health insurance, you give up your dignity - that's what I thought being an actor was. So when 'GLOW' came along, I was shaking reading it because I hadn't really allowed myself to dream of a show like this. Betty Gilpin
Myself Health You Dignity Thought Reading Dream Give Shaking Allowed Along Like Because Health Insurance Insurance Glow Came Up Get Being Really Your Show Actor
I grew up in a lot of stage managers' booths, memorizing the lines. I'm sure I was the most annoying child in existence. Betty Gilpin
Stage Booths Memorizing Most Annoying Sure Lines Existence Lot Up Child Managers Grew
I started doing plays in New York while I was at Fordham, but I did graduate by the skin of my teeth. Betty Gilpin
Skin Teeth New Doing Did York Graduate New York While Started Plays
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. Betty Gilpin
You Woman Out Classes Beach Sort Exercise Male Lot Offered Just Working Function Actress
Wrestling introduced me to the idea that my body has a purpose besides trying to look five years younger for the first time. Betty Gilpin
Time Me First Introduced Besides Wrestling Purpose Idea Look First Time Years Five Trying Younger Body
I have learned so much personally from wrestling, and it has really bled into my daily life. Betty Gilpin
Life Daily Wrestling Bled Learned Personally Much Really Daily Life
I try to cheat up. If I'm going to have something that's 'off the plan,' then I want it to be the best piece of bread or the most amazing ice cream. Betty Gilpin
Best Amazing Try Something Cheat Most Piece Most Amazing Off Up Going Want Bread Ice Ice Cream Plan Cream Then
I find myself on Yelp typing in 'the best 'blank'' all the time: best cheese, best ice cream, best pizza. Betty Gilpin
Time Best Myself Cheese Typing Find Blank Pizza Ice Ice Cream Cream
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