I'm a big reader, so I tend to already know the books when they're adapted into something. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Why do we insist women are cast 10 years younger than the role they're playing? Men don't know what a 30-year-old is supposed to look like because on TV she's always 20. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
I ended up doing four or five plays in college and being an English major with my thesis in language acquisition, which I was… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
I think women have long been defined by their roles as procreators and wives, and we're expected to serve, take care of, say 'Yes,'… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
There's a lot of ambiguity in life, and so often, our art is very neatly wrapped up at the end, when our lives never… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
I'm from a family with five kids in it, and my father almost became a Catholic priest. And my mother never went to church,… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
It's much harder to act poorly written material. It's much harder to memorize poorly written material. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
I rely on poetry or literature to keep me centered before I go onstage because it reminds me to be present. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Parents always stay older than you, but sibling sort of become adults together, and that complicates that relationship, I think. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly contradict. They claim that I was loud and… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Part of being an actor is the rhythm of the life of being an actor, and that involves coming together with a group of… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
