Quotes from Ari Graynor

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

Not one person has ever sent me a drink because I was Caroline in 'Nick and Norah.' People reference it; people say really nice things about it, but I was sure I would be getting more free drinks.

It is frustrating that people have a hard time telling other female stories besides, 'Is she going to get the guy?'

When you're having a good time working on something, and you all like each other, it shows in ways that you don't even realize.

Henry Winkler is the most lovable man. He is like everybody's favorite grandfather.

I started acting because it was essentially the way I needed to survive and equalize my inner life.

Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is you can't have any self-consciousness, otherwise it kills the laugh, and that will never change.

I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.

Humans are complex, and I think in entertainment in general, it's very easy to put people in boxes.

My mom was in the chorus of 'Hello Dolly' and 'The Worldly Players'; my dad would build the set.

My worst nightmare when I was in school was that I would get into trouble. I never got in trouble. I was a good student.

The worst thing you can have as an actor is too big an ego. It just kills creativity.

I have the personality where, although my ego can be healthy, sometimes I also feel like people won't remember me, or they won't know who I am.

When I was a kid, I did dial the 900 numbers out of curiosity, but I was such a goodie-two-shoes that I immediately hung up because I didn't want it showing up on the bill.

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.

While I'm Jewish, the Hasidic world is still foreign to me. But I do understand some of the ideas of tradition and family and faith of our shared culture.

Our everyday lives exist with comedy and tragedy next to each other.

While I appreciate horror movies, I'd love the opportunity to do something transformative, especially because people see me as contemporary. There's a lot to explore in my career that could take me back to another time. A period piece would be an incredible game of dress-up, too.

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.

You can only really hear the beat of your own drum if you give yourself the space to sit in it.

I prefer situational or character-based humor to gross-out gags and comedic set pieces.

Sitting around with Jim Carrey, coming up with bits, is, like, beyond a dream come true.

I was playing a lot of bigger, sort-of-comedic characters in slightly heightened realities, and it had been so fun and fulfilling for a long time. But it got to a point where I just felt like I didn't have that in me anymore.

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.