Quotes from Jessica Pare

I'm not a trained dancer - I know, I know, you're shocked, I'm sure.

I love acting. I love what I do. I am absolutely filled every day with gratitude that I get to do it.

I know that I'm a decent actor, but it's another thing to be in a scene with Jon Hamm and hold your own.

I went through a whole phase when I was younger of being obsessed with Tolstoy and Kafka and Camus, all those really, beautiful, dark depressing books.

Honey is hydrating and antiseptic. It really clears your skin, and its moisturizing. You can use it every day if you want. Its so gentle.

My natural gravitation is toward the gray and the black and the white and the burgundy. Sort of muted, cool colors.

And, of course, all of my friends and family are so excited because they feel like Montreal is being represented on Mad Men.

I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd.

Of course I'm a feminist…if you're not for the equal treatment of men and women, then you're a fascist.

In the work that I normally do, you have a whole script, a whole arc, that you play. And I do believe a good actor will play every bit of information they're given.

I don't know if you know this - I don't drive a stick. I mean, I barely drive my automatic. I get to work and everything, but I'm not any kind of driving prodigy.

I love Jon Hamm. I'm so lucky to get to work with him and work so closely with him.

I didn't want to have braces when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure my dad didn't want to pay for them.

I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.

I hadn't done any professional singing. I had sung in the shower and in my car and sometimes at a family bonfire if there was enough alcoholized wine.