Heidi Gardner Quotes

Heidi Gardner

Profession : Actress

Birth : July 27, 1983

It's a throwback song from the '90s, but that song 'Steal My Sunshine' by Len is so good. I have that on a mix that I play whenever I just want to feel bright and happy.

Heidi Gardner

I'm one of those all texts and no phone calls people.

Heidi Gardner

When I get to do things now like go to fashion week, it's really amazing to me.

Heidi Gardner

I think you've always got to keep your eyes peeled for inspiration.

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My mom was the one who introduced me to fashion. As a little girl, I loved watching her really go all out with her looks.

Heidi Gardner

I like feeling like I'm from a different time.

Heidi Gardner

I love to write. I'm not necessarily a joke writer, but I think I can find a lot of comedy in humanity, in a person, and so I just try to, as I'm writing, inhabit who that person I just saw was and be like, 'OK, what's their point of view?' That's where my comedy comes from.

Heidi Gardner

In my own life, I think I've always been a bit of a people pleaser. Maybe the world around me was a little chaotic, so I had to keep my cool. And so I really like playing characters that don't care and just let loose in public with no shame, like cry, yell, roll their eyes.

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I will just hear someone say something, whether it's someone just passing by, or if I'm watching a show or reality show, it's like one sentence to me can indicate so much about a person.

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My obsession with hair started when I turned 12, right around the time Gwen Stefani dyed hers hot pink. After that, I would try out a new color every month.

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By the time I got to college, I was cutting hair for all my broke friends. I was a little lost with what I wanted to do with my life, so I thought, 'Maybe if I drop out and move to L.A. to do hair, that'll sound cooler than just dropping out.'

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When I got to L.A., I went to cosmetology school and landed a job at a salon in Studio City, which was a bit conservative, but I had a few clients who liked to experiment.

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The salon is a place of confidentiality. Sometimes you'd have a client crying in your chair, so you learn how to be there for someone.

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Long story short, I moved to L.A. from Missouri to work at a salon for about nine years. About halfway through that, I took a class at the Groundlings and fell in love with it. It was a fun hobby!

Heidi Gardner

I like to get pretty specific with a character. Not only behavior, but emotional. I go really deep into emotions and get as emotional as a performer as possible. I welcome it.

Heidi Gardner

As a performer and writer, the sillier or more charactery sketches come way more naturally to me.

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I don't think my forte will be political sketches, but I'd like to fine-tune that where maybe someday I could write one.

Heidi Gardner

It's really cheesy, but even with style, I would say to follow your heart and maybe even the things that you liked as a kid or that you were drawn to. I always find that those are the things that make me the most happy.

Heidi Gardner

My perpetual life search is for the white leather jacket that Ferris Bueller's girlfriend Sloane wore in the movie. A cropped white leather with fringe is something that I'm always on the hunt for, but even on Etsy I can't find the right one.

Heidi Gardner

There's something so nuanced and specific that the wardrobe department at 'SNL' knows how to do. It's like they've mastered every type of woman, every type of man.

Heidi Gardner