Quotes from Lucy DeVito

I'm constantly trying to figure out my life and what's next. I'm never satisfied with what I have.

I was a shy kid and acting did bring me out of my shell during high school.

On Gates Avenue, there's an amazing Italian restaurant: Locanda Vini e Olii. It's in an old pharmacy - the front of it still has the pharmacy's name on it - and they have all these little tchotchkes and knickknacks and things behind glass. Whenever my parents come to Brooklyn, I take them there.

A lot of times you'll go into a doctor's office and want a kind, non-clinical approach from the physician. Doesn't usually happen.

I have a problem getting all my laundry done, cleaning up and doing all of the normal daily things that a grownup should do.

It's an amazing role for any actor, so deep and challenging. And Anne Frank was such an amazing person, I feel honored to portray her.

People in the U.S. are more reserved, whereas in Naples they'll hit each other and then kiss each other a second after.

I majored in art history. But I took theater classes, and every semester I was in college productions.

My family is very excited about me doing Anne Frank.

I get cast a lot as the best friend or the assistant.

'The Diary of Anne Frank' gets pretty dark toward the end. But there are some comic moments in the early part of the play. Anne was a goofball at times.

'BUMP' deals with all the joys and trauma that comes with a woman's changing body and the struggles of going through labor. It's a beautiful ensemble cast of wonderful people, and I get emotional just being part of the process.

I love walking down Clinton Hill's Greene Avenue. It's very neighborhoody.

My mother is Jewish. We celebrated all the Jewish holidays at home.

We're not religious, but we've always done Passover and Hanukkah.

I think a first date is kind of like an interview. If I feel like we have chemistry, I will divulge more of myself to them.

Wikipedia is wrong! I was born in Los Angeles, not New York, but my parents and I would come here a lot, so I feel like a New Yorker.

On very base level, I'm a hot mess.

Acting with a green screen has been physically challenging. I look at the green screen and then I'll look somewhere else and everything looks red. It's a bizarre thing where green has an effect on my vision, but it's fun.

First semester I took classes like econ and that kind of stuff, and I was miserable.

I like consignment stores.

I used to wear bandanas around my head and beaded necklaces that I had made myself. This was my 'cool' outfit that I was convinced would bring me attention.

I've felt very comfortable on stage and love making people laugh. It's that kind of addictive thing where you get a laugh and you just want more.

I come from a long line of shorties.