Actor Quotes by Alia Shawkat

When I'm working, I'm pretty busy with that, but when I'm not, yeah, I like to make music. I sing in jazz bars and…

— Alia Shawkat

I've been single for so long that I'm scared of being in a relationship.

— Alia Shawkat

But I love singing, and I've been singing backup for friends' bands.

— Alia Shawkat

I hope to be painting more and travelling. Maybe fall in love. Have a dog one day. You know, all the good things.

— Alia Shawkat

You get a kind of familiarity on a set when you're on a TV show.

— Alia Shawkat

With independent film, as an actor, you have more involvement - it's very much more connected. It's not just like I'm showing up and…

— Alia Shawkat

There are definitely a lot of roles I didn't get based off of the way I look, but I'm not going to let that…

— Alia Shawkat

We don't have a laugh track, which helped Seinfeld a lot, and did kind of tell people when to laugh. It just made it…

— Alia Shawkat

I've worked with a couple of female directors now, and I think that they're amazing. As good or better than guy directors.

— Alia Shawkat

I went on an audition once for a show, and the feedback was to play an angry teen. My agent convinced me to try…

— Alia Shawkat

I would do a movie musical.

— Alia Shawkat

I've definitely gone through phases where I'm not happy with my life, and you notice in little ways until they start adding up.

— Alia Shawkat

I guess I've always been drawn to roles that have smart characters commenting on what's happening around them.

— Alia Shawkat

I'm more verbal and not as private as I was as a kid.

— Alia Shawkat

It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.

— Alia Shawkat