Alexis Bledel Quotes

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Alexis Bledel

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 16, 1981

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

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I always have looked for the best challenge, I guess, that I could take on. I haven't been producing my own work or anything like that, so I've taken the jobs that look most interesting that come my way.

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Luckily, I have the kind of personality where I am extremely private. I don't really like to tell everyone my business. I'd much rather people wonder or not know.

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Ofglen is a little different than the other Handmaids because she has a really rebellious spirit and she has the hope that she could escape.

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Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to.

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There are a lot of challenges Ofglen faces as a Handmaid. She has to live her life for the Commander of her home, Glen, and it is really a bleak life. She has no rights, and her main job is to keep him and the rest of the people in his house happy.

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I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

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More than anything, I just think about what roles I take on and make sure that it's really something that I feel passionate about if I'm going to leave home and go work.

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I really enjoy working, you know, on streaming outlets because there's so much creative control for the creators of the shows, and, you know, you're allowed to make such great television.

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I always thought that I would work behind the camera, because it's a more comfortable place for me to be, really.

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A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.

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It's really wonderful to play characters as different from each other as I can.

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When we first filmed 'Gilmore Girls,' I didn't know it would build such a cult following.

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I did one year at NYU, and I'd love to go back there someday.

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I was modeling with an agency in New York and a manager with the agency introduced himself to me one day and he said he had auditions for someone my age. He asked if I would be interested in doing some.

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Sylvia Plath wasn't scared of exploring the darker side of her psyche.

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I've been trying to find out what my wheelhouse is as an actor. 'Gilmore' was my first job, so only from there did I have a chance to really experiment and see how far I could stretch; I went maybe a little too far in certain directions.

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