Quotes from Morgan Saylor

I think it's cool to get to know designers. There is some anxiety, maybe, that after you've met a designer, you want to be loyal to them and wear their clothes. And sometimes it's just not my style. But you have to be honest, and I don't really want to lie.

I can express the brooding part of myself on-screen. It's kind of fun to get to do the bratty things I really wouldn't do. And then I get to go back to my regular life.

I learned to understand the distance a character can be from yourself and how important rehearsal can be to creating a person that feels like a person that isn't you.

'Homeland' is intense, and I think it would be a hard show to watch if it were intense for 60 straight minutes.

Red carpets seem so glamorous, but you're really just standing there sweating and worrying your hair is going to fall. And in the end, people are only going to see one picture of you. You just smile for one second and then you walk over to the side and check your phone. It's pretty weird.

I really love independent films. There's something so determined about the people who work on them.

As I've started school I have a student-feeling wardrobe and then because I travel a lot, things feel very different for different places and days.

I know it sounds silly, but in auditions for film or TV, the words aren't as important - you need to get into the character and have the gist of the scene. But in theater, if you don't do it word for word, then you throw off your scene partner.

I like records. My favorite is Simon and Garfunkel.

It's so insane to me that this is my actual job, that I get to come to set and do what I enjoy doing and get paid for it.

I'm very good at living out of a suitcase. I love dressing up every morning. It feels like a costume, in some ways.

I do use FaceTime because I'm frequently isolated from friends and my boyfriend, so I get that.

I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did a lot of acting, but my 'career' started when I started 'Homeland'.

When I went to prom, I was in a group picture, and a parent zoomed in and took the picture of only me. I was weirded out, and later he was like, 'Sorry, I was sending that to my sister.'

I try to miss as little school as possible.

I'm such a dork, but I really think there are derivatives to be found between story arcs and character motivations. And the way you evaluate functions is a really interesting way to look at stories and the way you act. I really believe it.

I like being mysterious as an actress.

The person I've worked with most is Morena Baccarin, and from her, I've learned to stand up for your character.

I make notebooks for characters, and it kind of becomes a bible.

I like making people feel things. Acting doesn't seem like lying but like storytelling.

I learned a lot from Cherry Jones, from the questions she asked and the opinions she had.

There's something to be said about being able to be retrospective about a certain age as opposed to just in it.

It's hard to do things like auditions, because you don't want to put weeks of work into just an audition.

I've always enjoyed searching for clothes. I like thrift stores and vintage stuff, and not so much going to Urban Outfitters. What got me interested is having to choose dresses for the carpet, and doing a lot of shoots with really cool clothes. I've gotten to try on a lot of things that I've liked, and some things that I haven't.