Ari Graynor

I can be such a people pleaser, and so worried about what people are thinking or feeling insecure.

— Ari Graynor

It's an incredible thing when you are creating something in a moment with the other people on stage and with an audience,…

— Ari Graynor

I think 'Nick and Norah' was a huge deal for me. It was my first foray into the studio world, and that…

— Ari Graynor

I was playing a lot of bigger, sort-of-comedic characters in slightly heightened realities, and it had been so fun and fulfilling for…

— Ari Graynor

I'm a little quirky, a little offbeat, and I'm certainly not a classic beauty.

— Ari Graynor

I started acting when I was seven, so I've read my share.

— Ari Graynor

It is mind-boggling to me that there are so few movies about female friendship, considering women make up half the movie-going population.

— Ari Graynor

I was more of the kind of babysitter that liked holding the baby, sort of playing Mom, and then putting the baby…

— Ari Graynor

I was the girl who got out of my athletic requirement by managing the boys' sports teams. Which is pretty ingenious, because…

— Ari Graynor

Part of doing good work is caring deeply about it, believing in what you're doing, and getting incredibly attached to the characters…

— Ari Graynor

I don't think there's anything more scary than being forced into doing stand-up comedy.

— Ari Graynor

I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me…

— Ari Graynor

Don't believe anything you read on Wikipedia!

— Ari Graynor

In stand up every joke is thought about so meticulously, and one word can completely change how the audience responds. You're up…

— Ari Graynor

As an actor, your life is constant ups and downs. My friends and I joke that when a job ends and nothing…

— Ari Graynor

No one's up in arms about these PG-13 movies where it's literally about the end of the world.

— Ari Graynor

There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy. If I'm in it and if there's a scene that has…

— Ari Graynor

I played a lot of dress-up in my room. I really liked being alone. I had a lot of friends, but I…

— Ari Graynor

Humans are complex, and I think in entertainment in general, it's very easy to put people in boxes.

— Ari Graynor

All we can do in life is push through the things that make us afraid and try to be better.

— Ari Graynor

You can only really hear the beat of your own drum if you give yourself the space to sit in it.

— Ari Graynor

When I was a kid, I did dial the 900 numbers out of curiosity, but I was such a goodie-two-shoes that I…

— Ari Graynor

More and more, people probably associate me in this world of comedy and these confident, brassy, big ladies, which I love, but…

— Ari Graynor

If I'm gonna stay in this world of comedy, then it has to be a really special character to me in a…

— Ari Graynor

When I was kid, I couldn't wait to take the world by storm, to be a woman - beautiful, powerful, confident, sexy,…

— Ari Graynor