Elisabeth Moss Quotes

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Elisabeth Moss

Profession : Actress

Birth : July 24, 1982

I just think that good stories are stories that reflect ourselves back at us and each other.

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I wish I was super-serious, anguished. I see those actors, and I am like, 'Oh God, they are so cool, and they seem so interesting.' I don't take acting that seriously.

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I love my work, but I do not think that I am saving the world... I am a Valley Girl.

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We grew up with musicians coming over jamming. We had tons of instruments. So holidays were always like, 50 people would come over, and there would be a jam session with everyone playing jazz.

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I do think that there is something about an intelligent, strong woman who also needs to be taken care of that will attract a certain kind of man sometimes. And that relationship is interesting on screen. Bad relationships are more interesting than good relationships to watch.

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I like characters who have two different things going on, whether it is Robin from 'Top Of The Lake' having that strength juxtaposed with the vulnerability and being in pain, or whether it is Peggy from 'Mad Men' with her naivety and her sort of idiocy at times, combined with her intelligence and courage really to do what she did at that time.

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My earliest memories are at the Blue Note here in New York or backstage at different theatres or different clubs, dressing rooms.

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I was raised with a lot of classical music. I loved ballet. I was a bun head for 10 years.

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I've had to consciously try not to do all television and try to do films.

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I'm so afraid of confrontation.

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I auditioned for 'Mad Men.' I auditioned for 'Top of the Lake.' I obviously auditioned for 'West Wing,' so I still get excited when I get offered stuff. Like, a part of me thinks, 'They think I can do it! That's awesome!' And that's a part of me I have to squash; otherwise, I would do everything just because people gave it to me.

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There's this whole feeling that women should be small and quiet and polite, and I don't think that's really gotten us anywhere.

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Women know that we're not just strong. We're not just vulnerable. We are not just attractive or not attractive. We are many things at once, and we're able to see into that complexity.

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I've always considered myself a feminist. But, like a lot of women of my generation, I didn't think we had to fight for it. I thought it was all done. I took so much for granted.

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Women need to be able to speak out if they are uncomfortable or something happened in the past that they were not comfortable with.

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I do want to be a mother. I like the idea of passing on what my mother passed on to me.

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