Best 20 quotes of Alia Shawkat on MyQuotes

American shows can go on for 20 years. I respond more to the British format. Three seasons is a long run for them to tell a story.

I don't think it's good to say that you won't do certain things, but I don't necessarily have the natural urge to write.

I feel like when you're dealing with your main character, it has to be relatable and feel grounded, and that's the kind of acting I like to do anyway.

I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day.

I have been acting for almost 20 years now. At first it changed in my focus and how much I wanted to act. When I was younger, it was so much fun, and I really wanted it, but it was not competitive. Then I became a teenager and it became kind of competitive and not as much fun. I pulled back and I got lazy about it, where I was like, "Yeah, I guess, I'll do small parts in cool movies," but I wasn't really trying to say anything.

I love being on movie sets. It's a very particular setting. And not all of the time, most of the time, there's always people you don't like, and you have to see them every day.

I'm not a huge TV person, but when I do watch, it's always after the fact because I like to binge watch.

I still do a form of sense memory. It honestly depends on the job. It depends on the other people you're working with, how the other actor works. It's take a little from here, take a little from there.

It's always nerve-wracking; it's like going to a new school every time you start a new movie. There are so many people and you're trying to be comfortable and vulnerable on set in order to be fearless on camera. But it's fun, it's part of the job. You've just got to be very personable, I guess.

It's nice when you get to leave and travel and be busy and then come home.

I've been reading scripts where they've been doing a lot of singing now, but within the dark, realistic story line. I would love, love, love, love to do that. But not a musical on Broadway, I don't have that kind of energy or stamina.

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

I want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved.

Kids can be harsh, especially when they get jealous.

Obviously the way people watch TV has changed so much, too, that it's not necessarily about the ratings anymore. There's a different kind of time lapse; you put it out there and people absorb it at their speed, not just on Monday night at eight.

The main thing I got from growing up in a suburb is the boredom you have as a child.

The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has.

When you focus on life, on enjoying and connecting with other people, that's when work comes. When you focus on work, you can never work. I'm always going through waves of that.

You don't want to not be single because you're scared of being single.

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