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Gillian Jacobs
American
Actress
Born:
Oct 19
,
1982
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I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I wanted to to be a Supreme Court justice, but didn't want to be a lawyer. I just wanted to go straight to being a justice.
Gillian Jacobs
Justice
Lawyer
Kid
Pursued
Never
Supreme
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Justice
Court
Go
Just
Being
Want
Wanted
Anything
Interested
Straight
Really
Acting
In my sort of young, idealistic mind, I was just like, 'Well, it's either theater or film for me, and that will be that!'
Gillian Jacobs
Me
Mind
Will
Young
Idealistic
Like
Well
Sort
Just
Either
Theater
Film
I went to college and got my degree in acting, but because it was all theater, I really consider my first couple years on 'Mad Men' as amazing training for working in television and for acting on-camera.
Gillian Jacobs
Training
Amazing
Degree
College
Men
First
Consider
Television
Mad
Mad Men
Couple
Couple Years
Because
Got
Years
Theater
Really
Working
Acting
While I love film and want to continue to pursue it 100 percent, my home is TV.
Gillian Jacobs
Love
Home
TV
Percent
Pursue
Continue
Want
While
Film
I love discovering new young brands and watching these fashion lines take off, like Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, and Clover Canyon.
Gillian Jacobs
Love
Fashion
Young
Christopher
Take
New
Like
Lines
Discovering
Off
Brands
Clover
Canyon
Kane
Peter
Watching
I know other actors who are relieved when their shows get cancelled, and I've never felt that way about 'Community.'
Gillian Jacobs
Community
Other
Way
Relieved
About
Never
Know
Felt
Get
Cancelled
Who
Shows
Actor
Thinking back about throwing myself at certain gentlemen that had no interest in me, that'll bring a blush to my face if I think about it too often.
Gillian Jacobs
Myself
Me
Face
Think
Thinking
Too
Back
About
No Interest
Throwing
Had
Gentlemen
Often
Blush
Interest
Certain
Bring
No one in my school liked me.
Gillian Jacobs
Me
School
No-One
Liked
I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on Saturday.
Gillian Jacobs
Life
Class
School
My Life
Real Life
Monday
Through
Had
Real
Friday
Which
Then
Acting
Acting Class
Saturday
'Dancing on My Own' is actually a really sad song! It has totally made me cry.
Gillian Jacobs
Sad
Me
Song
Made
Own
Dancing
Totally
My Own
Cry
Really
Actually
I feel like so often I'm just, like, running around and eating in the car, which is, like, not good, or eating as I'm walking down the street.
Gillian Jacobs
Good
Car
Down
Running
Eating
Feel
Like
Around
Walking
Often
Just
Which
Street
I really like the concept of, like, slowing down and savoring your food, enjoying it.
Gillian Jacobs
Food
Down
Slowing
Like
Concept
Really
Your
Enjoying
I've been getting into drinking smoothies in the morning - I like those a lot.
Gillian Jacobs
Morning
Drinking
Those
Like
Been
Lot
Getting
I did live in New York. Yeah, I moved to L.A. for 'Community.' And I gave up my apartment in New York.
Gillian Jacobs
Community
Live
Gave
New
Yeah
Up
Did
York
Moved
New York
Apartment
Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.
Gillian Jacobs
Dan
Favorite
Favorite Movies
Characters
TV
TV Shows
About
Songs
Allowed
Idea
Talk
Movies
Shows
I am very up front about about my inability to pronounce things correctly.
Gillian Jacobs
Correctly
Pronounce
About
Am
Up
Very
Front
Inability
Things
I am wrestling with the overalls trend. I wore so many pairs in junior high, and no one thought they were cute. Perhaps I'll try them cuffed with a tasteful crop top?
Gillian Jacobs
Try
Trend
Thought
Cute
Top
High
Crop
Wrestling
No-One
Overalls
Perhaps
Am
Were
Junior
Junior High
Tasteful
Wore
Them
Many
Pairs
A movie that I've seen probably the most is 'Fanny & Alexander,' the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don't know how much they liked me that day.
Gillian Jacobs
Day
Me
Long
Seen
Alexander
Bergman
Super
Had
Know
Liked
Most
How
How Much
Version
Friends
Movie
Fanny
Much
Intermission
Even
Dragged
I have a hard time watching people getting punched on screen; I have to close my eyes a lot.
Gillian Jacobs
Time
Eyes
People
On-Screen
Punched
Lot
Close
Getting
Screen
Hard
Hard Time
Watching
You can only do so many serious dramas in a row before you want to break. You want a change.
Gillian Jacobs
You
Change
Before
Dramas
Only
Want
Break
Many
Serious
Row
In Los Angeles, sometimes it's hard to find a magazine stand, let alone one that has the magazine that you want. So I find that the longer I live in L.A., the more digitally I consume.
Gillian Jacobs
Alone
You
Sometimes
Live
Find
Magazine
Angeles
More
Consume
Longer
Los
Los Angeles
Want
Stand
Hard
It's funny shooting movies because you get to see clubs during daylight hours, which no one should ever see - it's not pretty; there's a reason the lighting is dim in there.
Gillian Jacobs
Funny
You
Dim
See
Pretty
No-One
Lighting
Daylight
Hours
Because
Get
Shooting
Which
Clubs
Movies
Should
Reason
Ever
I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women.
Gillian Jacobs
Women
Want
Movies
Tons
I'm really excited that 'The Other Woman' did so well at the box office, and I hope that will keep encouraging people to make movies about women, starring women, about female friendships. More. Please.
Gillian Jacobs
Hope
Woman
Women
People
Will
Other
Please
About
More
Excited
Well
Make
Box
Box Office
Female
Encouraging
Friendships
Office
Did
Movies
Really
Keep
I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.
Gillian Jacobs
People
Think
Defying
Sort
Expectations
Satisfaction
I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.
Gillian Jacobs
You
Yourself
Jobs
Bizarre
Find
Had
Weird
Where
Places
Low-Budget
Really
Acting
Filmmaking
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