Quotes by Gillian Jacobs

About Gillian Jacobs:

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs is an American actress and director. She portrays Britta Perry on the NBC/Yahoo! Screen comedy series Community. Jacobs has also appeared in television shows such as Fringe, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, and Girls, and in films such as Gardens of the Night (2008), The Box (2009), Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012), and Bad Milo! (2013).
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I'm spending way too much time test running my Vine videos. I'll go into a room and close the door and be in there for an hour workshopping a Vine video that I never even post. So that's probably a huge time suck.

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No actor wants to choose - they just want all of the options available to them all the time; we tend to be pretty greedy.

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I always had an easier time with adults. Somehow, I was always old! I still feel old.

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I have a hard time watching people getting punched on screen; I have to close my eyes a lot.

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There are these important things in some people's lives that can make you laugh even when you're going through a tough time or a stressful week.

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I had kissed a girl in the second season of 'Community,' but that was my first time kissing a girl ever, and I was so nervous, I almost knocked Brit Marling's teeth out.

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College is expensive; I always knew that, and I wanted to make money, partially to spend a little of it here and there, but primarily for a college savings fund.

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I think when you're in a relationship, either you have something or your partner generally has something that you're having to deal with.

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A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said, 'Oh, my friend Gillian read it and really loved it.' She goes, 'Gillian Jacobs, you mean: Britta Perry, feminist icon?'

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It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.

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'Dancing on My Own' is actually a really sad song! It has totally made me cry.

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I used to like to make myself sad, so I would listen to Bill Callahan as Smog.

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I used to babysit. And the kids I babysat were huge Hilary Duff fans, and so we used to have dance parties every day to her music. So I am very familiar with the albums of Miss Hilary Duff.

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I've been getting into drinking smoothies in the morning - I like those a lot.

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When you can impress your mom by saying you've been to someone's concert, you know you're pretty lame.

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There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it! Bjork drove my mom nuts. What I listened to was actually pretty mom-friendly for the most part. I wasn't very rebellious.

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My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.

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My mom wouldn't know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face.

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My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. I'm trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing.

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Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.

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I want there to be tons and tons and tons and tons of movies starring women.

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Author Bio

  • NameGillian Jacobs
  • DescriptionAmerican film, theater and television actress
  • BornOctober 19, 1982
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Artist