Quotes from Madeline Brewer

Any story about a powerful woman owning herself in any way is automatically deemed feminist.

For some people, makeup is their war paint; that's putting their best foot forward. Others feel better with no makeup. It's so personal - who are we to judge?

We want to have our beliefs, and we want to enforce them on everyone else, but we don't want to have to think about everything that comes along with it.

I do think everybody pays their dues in Gilead, whether you're the most high-up commander or not. Everybody has to face the consequences of their actions.

The best thing about my job is meeting people who are able to express their creativity in a way that suits them and gives them purpose.

Clothes should always feel personal.

You can never just write off a person as crazy. I think that is the most inhumane thing you can do to someone without physically abusing them.

I listen to everything: The Pixies, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers.

When it comes to fashion, I never wear makeup and always stick to black clothing.

When I told my mom I was auditioning for 'The Handmaid's Tale,' she lost it. She was so excited.

'The Handmaid's Tale' will blow people away.

When I first read the scenes I got to audition, I just could tell there was obviously something there. The writing speaks for itself, but also it's just the fact that 'The Handmaid's Tale' is such an amazing story. I had never read the book before I auditioned.

'The Handmaid's Tale' breaks my heart. It's a show based on the book written in the '80s by Margaret Atwood - who is a spectacular talent. That book is a work of art.

Every time I've talked about the Republic of Gilead, I always say, 'The still-fictional Republic of Gilead.'

I loved working on 'Grimm.' The entire cast and crew were wonderful and welcoming.

We want to make legislation; we want to put laws on women's uteruses and whether or not they can protect themselves from pregnancy or whatever, but we don't want to protect you once you're pregnant.

When I went in for the 'Orange' audition, I was just doing what my agency told me to do. Truth be told, I wasn't prepared. I didn't even know how to prepare. I couldn't remember my lines.

Filming with Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Natasha Lyonne, it just blew my mind.

Netflix gives a lot of creative and artistic freedom to its actors and to its production team and whatnot.

A lot of the best of what's come from working on 'Orange Is the New Black' is working with the Women's Prison Association and kind of getting to see firsthand what they do for incarcerated women.

I like the exactness of baking. I'm not someone who's like, 'I'll just throw a bunch of stuff together. This is gonna taste delicious.' I am a rule follower: I really like the measuring. It's completely tedious, but I love that. It's calming. And I am a total sweetaholic.

'Hemlock' is so intelligently written and brilliantly put together. Every detail in the show is there for a reason, and it fascinates me.

I am 150 percent the first person to say it: I am a feminist through and through.

I try to take my emotional pulse more now, to recognize when I need to go scream and cry for 20 minutes and then come back to center. Allowing yourself that time, it's a gift.