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Ari Graynor Biography

Ariel Geltman Graynor (born April 27, 1983) is an American actress, known for her roles in TV series such as The Sopranos and Fringe, in stage productions such as Brooklyn Boy and The Little Dog Laughed, and in films such as Whip It and For a Good Time, Call.... She also starred as Meredith Davis on the short-lived CBS television sitcom Bad Teacher, which was cancelled on May 10, 2014.

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All I can to, and the only sense of control I have over this crazy business [moviemaking], is to pick things that I like with people that I love and respect, and then just hope everything else works out.

Business, Control, Crazy, Moviemaking, People, Work Out

I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey. ' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like that. I feel like that's the next phase of my career. To reprove to everyone that I can do things besides the crazy characters.

Crazy, Character, Careers, Career, Abbey

Working with David Gordon Green, and Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera, and Drew Barrymore, and all of those people - those are the best people in comedy to work with. Anna Faris. You know, that's my goal, to keep learning and to just keep working with the best people I can. And yeah, we do all hang out, and we all kind of know each other.

Cera, Goal, Green, Learning, People, Work

Babies are born whole and then they go through experiences in life that chip away at some of that, and it becomes learned behavior.

Babies, Baby, Behavior, Chip, Life

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

Children, Comedy, Fall, Growing Up, Precocious, Progression

Once you do something that people respond to, they understandably think of you in that way, and you want to work and it's fun and it's wonderful. I think a lot of people in all different fields find themselves in a moment of repeating certain beats. There's also a moment that is personally related to age as well - in whatever field you're in, you say, "Wait a minute, where am I and how did I get here? How has this changed from my original intent and what do I want to do about that now?" That's part of the process.

Fun, Minute, People, Repeating, Respond, Thinking

As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.

Actors, Comedies, Comedy, Funny, Hopefully, People

Stand-up comedy is still a very male-dominated world. You look at a set list and maybe there's one woman on there.

Comedy, List, Look, World

The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized this a while ago when I almost signed my life away to a stupid pilot.

Horribly, I Realized, Pilots, Stupid, Thing, Willing

Most people, no matter what they do, they don't think they're a bad person. The place where their actions are coming from is a complicated place and a whole personal history. I definitely think that it helped me to look at the world a little less judgmentally.

Thinking, People, World, Bad, Look

I can be such a people pleaser, and so worried about what people are thinking or feeling insecure.

Insecure, People, Thinking, Worried

I think casting a show is an art form in and of itself. We're all so different - the cast is made up partly of real stand-ups, partly of actors, and then partly of just legendary actors.

Art, Different, Partly, Real, Thinking

Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.

Boundaries, Comedy, Push, Rule, Truth

I did babysit a little bit when I was young. I prefer babysitting for babies. I always loved babies. I was not as great with kids that wanted to be entertained and that wanted to talk.

Baby, Entertained, Kids, Littles, Prefer, Talk

In stand up every joke is thought about so meticulously, and one word can completely change how the audience responds. You're up there with no safety net; you can't shirk responsibility. It's your thoughts; it's your voice. You can't blame it on the writing, you can't blame it on the editor. You are just up there completely naked.

Change, Joke, Naked, Responsibility, Safety, Writing

With acting, I started as a kid and it was my safe space and the place where I felt the most free to be all of myself. What gets explored in our show is where that instinct starts and where it meets with career, and how that can change your path a bit.

Acting, Explored, Gets, Kids, Path, Starts

I think the good news for me in life is that I really trust my instincts when I come to work. Maybe less in life and in love, but in work and in comedic beats, I feel pretty confident.

Confident, Instincts, Life Is, News, Thinking, Trust

I was more of the kind of babysitter that liked holding the baby, sort of playing Mom, and then putting the baby to bed and watching TV while eating everything in their kitchen.

Baby, Bed, Kitchen, Mom, Putting, Sort

I started doing community theater when I was seven and I think the intent was just expression. When you're a musician, you can make music in your room, and when you're a writer, you can write. Acting is one of the tricky art forms where you need a certain amount of permission to be able to do it. You can talk to yourself in the mirror, but it's different than actually acting or doing a scene. You need an audience and you need someone else to do it with.

Art, Forms, Make, Thinking, Writer, Writing

What I love about our show is that it's so nuanced and feels very real to me. I think how it explores creativity in general is very real.

Creativity, Explores, Feels, Nuanced, Real, Thinking

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