Elisabeth Moss

I fundamentally believe in freedom and human rights.

— Elisabeth Moss

I'm so afraid of confrontation.

— Elisabeth Moss

I spent seven seasons on 'Mad Men,' playing what became considered a very feminist character.

— Elisabeth Moss

I just think that good stories are stories that reflect ourselves back at us and each other.

— Elisabeth Moss

There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity.

— Elisabeth Moss

Men and women are both humans, so, for me, that makes my characters and the work that I do human stories.

— Elisabeth Moss

I hopefully I have a long career ahead of me. So, frankly, I'm not in any hurry.

— Elisabeth Moss

It's a great dynamic. The dynamic between men and women in the workplace is really interesting.

— Elisabeth Moss

I've had to consciously try not to do all television and try to do films.

— Elisabeth Moss

I do want to be a mother. I like the idea of passing on what my mother passed on to me.

— Elisabeth Moss

Women need to be able to speak out if they are uncomfortable or something happened in the past that they were not…

— Elisabeth Moss

To go from Girl, Interrupted, where I had to cry every day, to a TV show like West Wing where I get…

— Elisabeth Moss

Art often reflects what's going on in the world, and we're seeing stories that are very diverse and that are lead and…

— Elisabeth Moss

I think it's very important to do things the way you want to do them and be true to yourself, your own…

— Elisabeth Moss

I think that people should absolutely be allowed to do whatever they want with their bodies and to live the life they…

— Elisabeth Moss

Women know that we're not just strong. We're not just vulnerable. We are not just attractive or not attractive. We are many…

— Elisabeth Moss

I've always considered myself a feminist. But, like a lot of women of my generation, I didn't think we had to fight…

— Elisabeth Moss

We grew up with musicians coming over jamming. We had tons of instruments. So holidays were always like, 50 people would come…

— Elisabeth Moss

I think I've always sorta been drawn, I think a lot of actresses are, to Shakespeare's Juliet, just because she goes through…

— Elisabeth Moss

I love baseball games. I got to go to World Series last year. I watch almost every Cubs game. If I can't…

— Elisabeth Moss

Why a musician loves playing jazz or classical music or what makes them happy, and why an artist likes to paint -…

— Elisabeth Moss

I like characters who have two different things going on, whether it is Robin from 'Top Of The Lake' having that strength…

— Elisabeth Moss

I feel like women still deal with dressing appropriately for the office. It's by choice - you don't want to sexualize yourself…

— Elisabeth Moss

There are so many people who go through life thinking, am I insane? Is this crazy what I'm doing or thinking? I…

— Elisabeth Moss

I've heard people say, 'I love how the characters never say what they're really thinking, and I love how things are so…

— Elisabeth Moss

I'm a champion napper. For the past decade, I've taken a nap at lunch on set. I have a noise machine app…

— Elisabeth Moss

To play somebody who had such a unique problem and a unique mind was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

— Elisabeth Moss

Why an artist loves what they do is often so hard to describe.

— Elisabeth Moss

I love my work, but I do not think that I am saving the world... I am a Valley Girl.

— Elisabeth Moss

I was raised with a lot of classical music. I loved ballet. I was a bun head for 10 years.

— Elisabeth Moss

I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don't…

— Elisabeth Moss

I think every day there is some new actress comes out and inspires me to do something else... like Hilary Swank. After…

— Elisabeth Moss

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very…

— Elisabeth Moss

There's this whole feeling that women should be small and quiet and polite, and I don't think that's really gotten us anywhere.

— Elisabeth Moss

When I was 12, I didn't know about Nirvana or Oasis or any of those people. I was listening to Ella Fitzgerald…

— Elisabeth Moss

I wish I was super-serious, anguished. I see those actors, and I am like, 'Oh God, they are so cool, and they…

— Elisabeth Moss

I don't think any of us could have possibly anticipated how successful Mad Men has been. When we were working on the…

— Elisabeth Moss

Ever since I was 15, when I did my first movie by myself, where my mom wasn't there and I had a…

— Elisabeth Moss

One day you're there and then all of a sudden, there's less of you. And you wonder where that part went. If…

— Elisabeth Moss

Being that Heathers, Beetlejuice and Age of Innocence are some of my all-time favorite movies, she, of course, is one of my…

— Elisabeth Moss