Betty Gilpin

Wrestling introduced me to the idea that my body has a purpose besides trying to look five years younger for the first…

— Betty Gilpin

To get health insurance, you give up your dignity - that's what I thought being an actor was. So when 'GLOW' came…

— Betty Gilpin

You would think that wrestling has so much to do with being aggressive and having a big ego, and it's exactly the…

— Betty Gilpin

Nothing is more theater-based than wrestling. It's Greek-tragedy-level theater.

— Betty Gilpin

When I first thought about wrestling, I thought about it as this foreign thing that I would have so much trouble accessing,…

— Betty Gilpin

I find myself on Yelp typing in 'the best 'blank' all the time: best cheese, best ice cream, best pizza.

— Betty Gilpin

'GLOW' was the first time that, from head to toe, I was asked to use my body in a functional, powerful way…

— Betty Gilpin

My mom used to play a lot of super character-y parts... so I was sort of raised to be a clown.

— Betty Gilpin

The rule was I had to go to college, and I couldn't even go to theater camp.

— Betty Gilpin

Sometimes, daily life doesn't match the high stakes that you feel! And I feel like that is wrestling. Wrestling actually makes sense…

— Betty Gilpin

When you're an actress - or just a woman - a lot of the exercise classes that are offered are so sort…

— Betty Gilpin

Getting to work with Edie Falco and watching her be a quiet presence - but a very powerful presence - and so…

— Betty Gilpin

I grew up in a lot of stage managers' booths, memorizing the lines. I'm sure I was the most annoying child in…

— Betty Gilpin

In previous roles, I have thought of my body as 'Betty's body,' and I try not to eat too many dinner rolls…

— Betty Gilpin

With all the stuff that's going on in the world - after I watch the news, read the news, and listen to…

— Betty Gilpin

Growing up, I was a self-loathing Igor who carried the queen's books. My job was to be the sarcastic sherpa, quietly providing…

— Betty Gilpin

I would do musicals in high school where there was dancing, and I would sing my verse, and then they would choreograph…

— Betty Gilpin

The smell of a perm is this special kind of Chernobyl-grave soup smell.

— Betty Gilpin

I'm on a billboard in Times Square, but my bathroom is still dirty, and I have toothpaste on my face.

— Betty Gilpin

I've done plays where you get into the run and can go to auditions during the day, or can have lunch with…

— Betty Gilpin

I try to cheat up. If I'm going to have something that's 'off the plan,' then I want it to be the…

— Betty Gilpin

I often feel like a character actress trapped inside the mean, aging Barbie's body.

— Betty Gilpin

I went to the Women's March in D.C. on January 21, and I, looking around, was thinking, Wow, something that bonds all…

— Betty Gilpin

I ate cucumbers and saltines - not because I wanted to look a certain way, but because I was so sad my…

— Betty Gilpin

I think every actor fantasizes about a show where you get to play several characters in one piece and not just Detective…

— Betty Gilpin