--- title: "1 Handmaid Tale Quotes By Ann Dowd" description: "1 Handmaid Tale quotes by Ann Dowd. Plus more from Ann Dowd and more Handmaid Tale sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/ann-dowd-14124_action_i-was-educated-by-nuns-none-of-them-of-c_984083.jpg" --- > [I was educated by nuns. None of them, of course, did anything resembling the actions of Lydia from The Handmaid's Tale, but they taught me a work ethic, that I had to toe the line, that I had to step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/i-was-educated-by-nuns-none-of-them-of-course-did-anything-resembling/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/ann-dowd-14124_action_i-was-educated-by-nuns-none-of-them-of-c_984083.jpg) ## Other authors on Handmaid Tale ## More by Ann Dowd > [The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/the-great-thing-about-an-independent-film-is-that-you-re-too-busy/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [The day after Trump was elected, I happened to be home in New York. I went to bed for the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/the-day-after-trump-was-elected-i-happened-to-be-home-in-new-york-i/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/it-s-a-question-of-dropping-the-armor-and-getting-up-and-doing-the/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [When I won the Emmy, the profound sense of gratitude when my name was said I cannot express enough. It was one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/when-i-won-the-emmy-the-profound-sense-of-gratitude-when-my-name-was/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/it-s-a-funny-thing-about-being-raised-catholic-and-then-going-to/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [Wherever the career wasn't going the way I wanted it to, I would experience those disappointments, and I would put them somewhere where I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/wherever-the-career-wasn-t-going-the-way-i-wanted-it-to-i-would/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/when-i-was-pregnant-with-my-first-child-i-was-35-years-old-and-i-was/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [Forgiveness, in some cases, is a flipping miracle in the sense that you're fighting, and suddenly something happens. It's a kind of grace. Whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/forgiveness-in-some-cases-is-a-flipping-miracle-in-the-sense-that-you/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [I guess getting older has its benefits, one of them being perspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/i-guess-getting-older-has-its-benefits-one-of-them-being-perspective/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [The Leftovers was an absolutely extraordinary experience. After the first season of learning to work with Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, and all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/the-leftovers-was-an-absolutely-extraordinary-experience-after-the/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [In general, between an actor and a character, there needs to be a falling in love, if you will - which I'm saying in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/in-general-between-an-actor-and-a-character-there-needs-to-be-a/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [My parents were strict but loving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/my-parents-were-strict-but-loving/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [I look at all these wonderful actors who are out of work, and I don't know what accounts for my good fortune, but I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/i-look-at-all-these-wonderful-actors-who-are-out-of-work-and-i-don-t/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/the-first-10-years-of-my-education-were-spent-at-a-catholic-school-in/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) > [The lovely thing is that now being offered things is just a blast. In the beginning, I'd be offered something and be like, "What?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-dowd/the-lovely-thing-is-that-now-being-offered-things-is-just-a-blast-in/) [Ann Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-dowd/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/handmaid-tale/ann-dowd/#itemlist", "name": "1 Handmaid Tale Quotes By Ann Dowd", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was educated by nuns. None of them, of course, did anything resembling the actions of Lydia from The Handmaid's Tale, but they taught me a work ethic, that I had to toe the line, that I had to step up and do my work, and that we would stay until it was done, and that came from a devotion to making you the best person you can be. That's the take I have on Lydia. 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