Quotes from Betty Gilpin

Wrestling really is kind of the highest form of theater.

My original perception of wrestling was not a very positive one. I didn't understand it at all, and I thought it was kind of silly and ridiculous. But as I got to know it, it was sort of like how people used to talk about musicals, to me, when I was younger.

Every time I get catcalled, I fantasize about being able to do a wrestling move on someone.

Everyone has a dormant wrestling character in them that is pretty easy to tap into.

Nothing is more theater-based than wrestling. It's Greek-tragedy-level theater.

You would think that wrestling has so much to do with being aggressive and having a big ego, and it's exactly the opposite.

Wrestling introduced me to the idea that my body has a purpose besides trying to look five years younger for the first time.

Sometimes, daily life doesn't match the high stakes that you feel! And I feel like that is wrestling. Wrestling actually makes sense to me.

When I first thought about wrestling, I thought about it as this foreign thing that I would have so much trouble accessing, and then, day one of researching it, I was like, 'Oh, I know what this is! This is theater. This is playing pretend.' It was really easy to connect to.

I think I did four 'Law & Order' episodes. I did two 'Criminal Intent,' one mothership, and one 'SVU.'

I often feel like a character actress trapped inside the mean, aging Barbie's body.

There's nothing fake about flipping over and landing on your back.

I grew up in a lot of stage managers' booths, memorizing the lines. I'm sure I was the most annoying child in existence.

I do Bar Method - it's, like, you're there for an hour, and you get everything, and you're done.

I fill my business emails with smiley faces and question marks so that I don't sound too severe.

When we did 'Endgame,' we were all hunched over and making the craziest sounds. Then I graduated and went right into auditioning for 'Gossip Girl' and things like that, where, as an actress, you're required to act from the neck up and, from the neck down. It's a presentation of your birthday-suit self.

The smell of a perm is this special kind of Chernobyl-grave soup smell.

I try to cheat up. If I'm going to have something that's 'off the plan,' then I want it to be the best piece of bread or the most amazing ice cream.

There's not a ton of roles out there for the insecure, loud Britney Spears type.

I find myself on Yelp typing in 'the best 'blank' all the time: best cheese, best ice cream, best pizza.

My attention span, when it comes to exercise, is pretty minimal.

I loved musicals because I felt like breaking out in song makes so much sense to me because it's the stakes of how you feel inside!

I think every actor fantasizes about a show where you get to play several characters in one piece and not just Detective Bluestone asking what time you were at the station.

I won't name names, but sometimes a TV set can be a shame-and-fear obstacle course for an actress.