I’ve been a big fan of Michael Showalter’s for a long time. I watched ‘Stella’ growing up. – Alia Shawkat
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. – Alia Shawkat
With independent film, as an actor, you have more involvement – it’s very much more connected. It’s not just like I’m showing up and there’s another actor on the call sheet; you’re very attached to it. – Alia Shawkat
Right when I turned 18, I moved to New York, originally for school, and then dropped out and just lived in New York. – Alia Shawkat
The millennial generation wants to express every feeling to feel like you’re connected to it, and there’s something very dark about tragedy that people are drawn to. – Alia Shawkat
When I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it’s hysterical. – Alia Shawkat
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. – Alia Shawkat
I’m more verbal and not as private as I was as a kid. 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. – Alia Shawkat
The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has. – Alia Shawkat
We’re not going to dumb down for them. They have to move up. They’re the network and we’re the show. – Alia Shawkat
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. – Alia Shawkat
I was born and grew up in Palm Springs. It’s a great place to grow up, a real small town. – Alia Shawkat
I go into work and get my hair and makeup done, go into wardrobe. I have to do three hours of school a day. – Alia Shawkat
I got to work with Eli Vargas. Great guy. Huge in Spain. He’s a heartthrob there. Who else? Terry Crews – he was really funny. – Alia Shawkat
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. – Alia Shawkat
On American TV, there just aren’t a lot of female leads in comedy, especially at the peak of all the Judd Apatow stuff. – Alia Shawkat
After ‘Arrested Development,’ I didn’t know for sure if I wanted to be an actor. I was hitting this wall, where I was the ‘ethnic best friend’ or the ‘sassy teenager.’ It felt like the same note, and I didn’t feel like I was growing. – Alia Shawkat