Quotes from Alexis Bledel

It gets kinda monotonous, but that's television. There are plus sides and down sides. The positive side is that you have steady work for nine months of the year for however many years your show is on TV .

Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.

I think there's so much to play in adolescence; there's so many conflicting things happening and so many changes, and there's just a lot of good stuff to play there as an actor.

I remember seeing the performance Samantha Morton did in 'Sweet and Low Down' where she didn't speak at all, and I loved it so much because she got to do so much work just by expressing herself in her body and her face. With expressions, it wasn't necessary to speak. I find that appealing.

I always have looked for the best challenge, I guess, that I could take on. I haven't been producing my own work or anything like that, so I've taken the jobs that look most interesting that come my way.

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

My perspective is that, when you're a kid, if your audience is a group of children or teenagers, you do have some level of social responsibility. I feel that.

It gets kinda monotonous, but that's television. There are plus sides and down sides. The positive side is that you have steady work for nine months of the year for however many years your show is on TV,.

I tend to renovate properties when I'm not working.

I figured out that I was interested in acting while at NYU.

Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to.

I think that's what makes life interesting - the evolution of getting older, and it's kinda fascinating to me, the whole process.

Sylvia Plath wasn't scared of exploring the darker side of her psyche.

When we first filmed 'Gilmore Girls,' I didn't know it would build such a cult following.

I've seen so many period pieces in my life, I really enjoy them so much, a lot of my favorite movies are period pieces.

Nearly a decade of time is enough for everybody to change, quite a bit.

Give me a hot drink, and I'm happy. Hot cider, hot chocolate, coffee... I like all winter beverages!

A lot of girls ask for advice on how to get into acting, and I'm kind of the worst person to ask, because it just kind of fell in my lap... I was just in the right place at the right time.

Ofglen is a little different than the other Handmaids because she has a really rebellious spirit and she has the hope that she could escape.

There are a lot of challenges Ofglen faces as a Handmaid. She has to live her life for the Commander of her home, Glen, and it is really a bleak life. She has no rights, and her main job is to keep him and the rest of the people in his house happy.

I'm not a fan of watching myself on TV - it's just not relaxing. It's like if you hear your voice on a recording: it doesn't sound the same as when it comes out of your mouth.

'The Handmaid's Tale' takes place in the near future, a dystopian future, and is based on the book by Margaret Atwood. It takes place in what was formerly part of the United States at a period of time when society has been taken over by a totalitarian theocracy. It's about the women who live in subjugation.

I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.