Quotes from Inbar Lavi

There's so much serenity that comes from economic safety.

I did lie once to get a job as a bartender. I said I had two years' experience making drinks, when really, I'd never made a drink in my life.

A way a woman walks and talks and moves and behaves is completely connected to how she looks.

It's never fun when you trust someone and that trust is betrayed.

Anywhere warm would be ideal for me to shoot 'Imposters!' Thailand would be fantastic.

Make sure you surround yourself with positive people that will support you and push you forward and won't drag you down or get in your way.

Think good, speak good, and be good.

Regret is a waste of time and energy and doesn't do a thing for me.

I don't come from a wealthy family, so for me to have to struggle as long as I have in New York and Los Angeles and finally know that I have an income coming in for the next 10 episodes was a major, major life-altering moment.

My dad is Polish. My mom is Moroccan, and I grew up around all kinds of different languages, and I love playing with it, and I love picking up new melodies.

People in Chicago are so cool! They are different; they're friendly and just genuinely happy. Everyone's so polite and sweet. They even look cool.

I come from Israel, where most of the population is dark-haired, dark-skinned, dark-eyed.

I take great pride in portraying a strong female character who is independent and can take care of herself. I don't think we get to see that enough in television.

My worst job would have to be waiting tables at a restaurant in N.Y. My boss was evil.

The happiest that I remember myself was putting on plays and pretending to be other people.

I was a dancer.

With 'Imposters,' I finally felt I had gotten something I could sink my teeth into. It's a dream come true, and I couldn't ask for a more fulfilling and challenging experience. It was something I didn't expect. A real surprise.

I hung onto Hollywood by the skin of my teeth, and at first I fought over every piece of bread. Later, I got very small parts.

I think finding a character starts in hair and makeup, fitting room. That's where it all kind of falls into place.

I'm still far away from the person I want to be, but whoever this is for now, she's all right.

I think that we all desperately try to fit in to different molds: our parents, our bosses, our partners, social status, friends. We all figure out a look that we think will get us the job or make his parents approve of us or get that girl to want to go on a date, whatever. We all change ourselves to please whoever it is.

I was playing a singer-songwriter, so I started writing, and I started going up to different places around Los Angeles and reading poetry of my own, which terrified me, but I had to do it. I picked up a guitar and started learning guitar.

I love any project where I get to push myself and learn new things.

I think, basically, if you talk to anybody, you can gauge an idea of what it's like to feel deceived. You don't have to have run into a con artist to feel like you've been deceived by someone.