Busy Philipps Quotes

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Busy Philipps

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 25, 1979

I'm actually incapable of lying. I'm like a parody of a person who can't lie.

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I love little Peter Pan collars and little puff sleeves.

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The idea that we all have to be Pinterest-perfect, killing it on all fronts, drinking our probiotics, remembering to have Rishi, and putting all these things in our kids' lunches - there's a lot of pressure to do all of the things. And we can't do all of the things. I can do a few things, and I've got them nailed. I think that's more realistic.

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Don't get me wrong: I love 'Moana!' But when it gets to the point where you find yourself singing Disney songs in your dreams, you have an issue.

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I have to make a dress out of recycled materials for my kid's preschool 'Project Runway'-like assignment. I'm currently fusing plastic bags.

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Anybody who works with me knows this: I always repeat wardrobe in my characters. We're trying to play real people.

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If you're not in a place where you're grateful that your show keeps getting renewed, and you can't figure out a way to keep it fresh, you should pick another career.

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I went to public high school in Scottsdale, Arizona, and I certainly wore a lot of makeup in high school. I experimented with a cat eye for a semester, and then, you know, a strong red lip because Courtney Love in Hole was all the rage.

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I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, there's nothing guilty about it.

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My husband has no desire to work with me; don't get it twisted. He gets paid a lot of money to write giant movies. He's not into humoring me with my projects. But, that being said, I did have the story credit on 'Blades of Glory,' and writing is something that I've always been interested in pursuing more.

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I've always liked being funny and making people laugh. I was a cut-up when I was a kid and was always doing bits for my friends and family. I remember doing pratfalls on the playground in fourth grade for my friend and really hurting my hip.

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Six years of your life is a long time to do anything, and especially in this business, where you get so used to being nomadic and moving on to different jobs.

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I had really specific ideas of what kind of mom I was going to be and what kind of things I was going to provide for my child - even down to the organic, wooden toys Birdie was going to be allowed to chew on. Then cut to my daughter being obsessed with every plastic, 99-cent store toy.

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I think it's important for kids to express themselves with bad fashion. I struggle a little bit now because I have a daughter and I feel with fashion, like they're sexualizing the kids so young. Little kids in high heels and that kind of thing is really difficult for me to wrap my head around.

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I identify as a feminist. I have so many feminist beliefs - and then I'm so mean to myself about my body sometimes.

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You can be in Ohio and shoot your own web series, if you want. If this had been around when I was in high school, I can guarantee you that my friends and I would have been shooting our own television shows and putting them online and trying to get as many hits as possible.

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As an actor, it's always fun when you're able to feel like there's freedom to explore things and try out jokes and be funny.

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I make sure that I'm not focused on other things when I'm spending time with my children.

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As a television actor, when we work in TV, what we're doing is making a product so that networks can sell ad space.

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I love proving that I can do something.

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